AI Incident 130: Unintended Model Predictions in Healthcare
An AI model, implemented to predict patient outcomes in a hospital, produced unexpected and inaccurate predictions leading to misdiagnosis and potential harm. This incident underscores the importance of responsible AI governance and the need for safeguards in healthcare AI applications.
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/130
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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