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Meta AI's Scientific Paper Generator Reportedly Produced Inaccurate and Harmful Content

November 15, 2022

Meta AI trained and hosted a scientific paper generator that sometimes produced bad science and prohibited queries on topics and groups that are likely to produce offensive or harmful content.
Alleged deployer
meta-ai, meta, facebook
Alleged developer
meta-ai, meta, facebook
Alleged harmed parties
minority-groups, meta-ai, meta, facebook, minority-groups

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/399

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