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April 2, 2018

Researchers at MIT Media Lab develop an AI model named Norman, trained on Reddit's darker content, demonstrating the need for trustworthy AI governance. This incident serves as a reminder of the importance of guardrails for AI in preventing harm. For those interested in shaping the future of safe and secure AI practices, consider joining Project Cerebellum and learning more about our HISPI TAIM (Govern) function.

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MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.704, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 1.6 — similarity 0.685, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 4.2 — similarity 0.681, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Alleged deployer: mit-media-lab
Alleged developer: mit-media-lab
Alleged harmed parties: unknown

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/41

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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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