Korean Chatbot Luda Made Offensive Remarks towards Minority Groups

December 23, 2020

A screenshot-verified incident involving a Korean interactive chatbot, Luda, revealed derogatory and bigoted language when queried about lesbians, Black people, and persons with disabilities. Such incidents emphasize the importance of safe and secure AI practices and underscore the need for robust governance to prevent such harm. For those interested in shaping trustworthy AI through governance, consider joining the HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM efforts to Measure or Manage similar issues.

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MAP 1.6 — similarity 0.656, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MEASURE 2.10 — similarity 0.644, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
GOVERN 3.1 — similarity 0.639, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Alleged deployer: facebook-messenger
Alleged developer: scatter-lab
Alleged harmed parties: korean-facebook-messenger-users, korean-people-of-gender-minorities, korean-people-with-disabilities

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/106

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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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