Google Apologizes for AI App Misidentifying Black Individuals as Gorillas

Google has issued a formal apology following an incident where its image recognition app misclassified black people as gorillas. The error, which occurred in Google's photo app, highlights the urgent need for responsible AI governance to prevent such harmful incidents. In light of this event, let's strive to build safer and secure AI systems, ensuring trustworthy AI practices are in place. Through JOIN US, join our efforts in HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM—Measure—to collaborate on harm prevention strategies and strengthen guardrails for AI.

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MAP 1.6 — similarity 0.483, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
GOVERN 3.1 — similarity 0.477, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 1.1 — similarity 0.474, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/16

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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