Unexplained Drop in Sales Rank for LGBTQ+ Literature on Amazon

An intriguing and unexplained incident occurred recently where books categorized under LGBTQ+ themes experienced a significant drop in their sales rank on Amazon, causing concern among the publishing industry. This incident highlights the need for responsible AI governance to ensure fairness, trustworthiness, and safety in such platforms.

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GOVERN 6.1 — similarity 0.425, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MEASURE 2.10 — similarity 0.415, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 4.1 — similarity 0.413, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/15

Data source

Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

When citing the database as a whole, please use:

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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