AI Misidentification: Bus Mistaken for Jaywalker by Chinese Facial Recognition System

In an unexpected turn of events, a Chinese facial recognition system recently identified a bus as a jaywalker. The incident highlights the importance of responsible AI governance and trustworthy AI models in preventing such errors. HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM encourages contributors to learn more about harm prevention and guardrails for AI through JOIN US.

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/36

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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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