Vulnerabilities in Amazon's Choice Algorithm: A Case for Safe and Secure AI
December 15, 2016
Amazon's 'Amazon's Choice' algorithm, intended to aid consumers, was found recommending poor-quality products and susceptible to manipulation through inauthentic reviews. This incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).JOIN US To help prevent such harm and establish guardrails for AI, join us.
- Alleged deployer
- amazon
- Alleged developer
- amazon
- Alleged harmed parties
- amazon-users
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/330
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.
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