Antisemitic Google Images: Offensive Results from Hate Speech Campaign - A Case Study in Responsible AI
August 15, 2017
Recent findings reveal that Google Images searches for 'Jewish baby strollers' displayed offensive, antisemitic content allegedly due to a coordinated hate-speech campaign. This incident underscores the need for trustworthy and safe AI, particularly in areas of harm prevention and governance. For those ready to help shape responsible AI, JOIN US.
- Alleged deployer
- Alleged developer
- Alleged harmed parties
- jewish-people, google-images-users
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1057
Data source
Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
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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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