Uber AI Incident: Unintended Deactivation of Transgender Drivers Due to Gender Transition
July 4, 2018
AI governance incident involving Uber's Real-Time ID Check system: transgender drivers were unintentionally deactivated due to changes in their appearance during gender transitions. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help prevent such incidents and ensure safe and secure AI? JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- uber
- Alleged developer
- uber
- Alleged harmed parties
- transgender-uber-drivers
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/396
Data source
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