Incident: Misidentification by AI Used in Law Enforcement

A Palestinian man was arrested by Israeli police based on a Facebook post containing the phrase 'good morning'. The incident highlights the potential risks of using AI in law enforcement without proper oversight and safeguards. The system used to monitor social media posts may have relied on outdated or inadequate training data, leading to an incorrect identification.

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/72

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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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