Misidentified by Facial Recognition: Impact on Justice and Trustworthy AI
February 15, 2018
A case study: A man was wrongfully arrested for sock theft at a TJ Maxx store, despite having an alibi at the time of the crime. The incident underscores the need for reliable facial recognition technology as part of safe and secure AI. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- new-york-police-department
- Alleged developer
- unknown
- Alleged harmed parties
- unknown
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/517
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
We use weekly snapshots of the AIID for stable reference. For the official suggested citation of a specific incident, use the “Cite this incident” link on each incident page.