Uber's Secret Program 'Greyball': A Case Study on AI Governance for Trustworthy and Safe Ride-Sharing
October 1, 2014
Explore the instance of Uber's clandestine program 'Greyball', designed to bypass ride requests from known regulators. This AI incident highlights the need for responsible governance in AI systems, aligning with the Govern function within the HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible and trustworthy AI? JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- uber
- Alleged developer
- uber
- Alleged harmed parties
- local-law-enforcement-officers
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/334
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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