Google Addresses Mislabeling of Photos featuring African Americans

Recently, Google acknowledged an incident involving the inappropriate tagging of photos containing African American individuals. This incident underscores the need for responsible AI governance and harm prevention measures to ensure safe and secure AI practices. The mis-tagged images were attributed to a technical glitch in the facial recognition system, which has raised concerns about trustworthy AI management.

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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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