China's Air Conditioning Queen, Dong Mingzhu, Falsely Accused of Jaywalking by Facial Recognition

An unexpected encounter with a facial recognition system led to China's air conditioning queen, Dong Mingzhu, being accused of jaywalking. However, the incident was not as it appeared. This highlights the need for responsible AI governance and trustworthy AI models in preventing such harm.

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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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