Facebook's Algorithmic Recommendations of Military Gear Ads: A Potential Lapse in Responsible AI Governance
January 13, 2021
This AI incident, involving Facebook's continued recommendations for gun accessories and military gear despite a halt on weapons accessories ads, highlights the importance of trustworthy AI and safe and secure AI governance. It maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/318
Data source
Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
When citing the database as a whole, please use:
McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.
Pre-print on arXiv · Database snapshots & citation guide
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