Fall River Officially Ends Contract with ShotSpotter after Unsatisfactory Results

The city of Fall River, Massachusetts, has terminated its contract with ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection system, due to disappointing results and concerns about misidentified incidents. This decision highlights the importance of responsible AI governance in ensuring safe and secure cities.

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GOVERN 6.2 — similarity 0.417, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MANAGE 4.3 — similarity 0.410, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MEASURE 1.3 — similarity 0.397, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/112

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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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