Canadian Police's Release of Suspect's AI-Generated Facial Photo Reportedly Reinforced Racial Profiling

October 4, 2022

The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) in Canada released a facial image of a Black male suspect generated by an algorithm using DNA phenotyping, sparking controversy over potential racial profiling. This incident underscores the importance of implementing trustworthy and safe AI practices, such as governance and guardrails for AI to prevent harm. Join us at HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM (Govern) to foster responsible AI incident management.

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MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.691, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
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Alleged deployer: edmonton-police-service
Alleged developer: parabon-nanolabs
Alleged harmed parties: black-residents-in-edmonton

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/385

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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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