Unauthorized Use of Transgender YouTube Videos in Facial Recognition Research: A Breach of Trust

September 13, 2013

An incident involving facial recognition researchers who utilized YouTube videos of transgender individuals without consent for their study, raising serious concerns about data privacy and ethical practices. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help establish guardrails for responsible AI and promote safe and secure AI research? JOIN US
Alleged deployer
university-of-north-carolina-wilmington, karl-ricanek, gayathri-mahalingam
Alleged developer
university-of-north-carolina-wilmington, karl-ricanek, gayathri-mahalingam
Alleged harmed parties
transgender-youtubers, transgender-people

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/409

Data source

Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

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