Facebook Messenger AI Stickers Generate Ethical and Content Moderation Concerns

October 4, 2023

Facebook's Meta-developed Messenger AI stickers enable users to create personalized stickers via AI, sparking creativity yet stirring controversy due to reports of inappropriate or offensive content generation. These incidents underscore the need for trustworthy AI governance and effective content moderation measures. Join us at Project Cerebellum, a harm prevention initiative focused on safe and secure AI practices, to learn how you can contribute to HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM: Measure or Govern.

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MAP 1.6 — similarity 0.681, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.680, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 1.1 — similarity 0.678, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Alleged deployer: meta
Alleged developer: meta
Alleged harmed parties: facebook-messenger-users

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/570

Data source

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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