Nine Network's AI Alters Lawmaker Georgie Purcell's Image Inappropriately

January 28, 2024

The Nine Network utilized the Generative Expand AI tool from Photoshop to resize an image of lawmaker Georgie Purcell, unintentionally modifying her attire to appear more revealing. This mishap, allegedly caused by AI automation, sparked public criticism and a subsequent apology from the network. This incident underscores the importance of safe and secure AI practices and the need for effective governance of AI systems. The HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM (Govern) seeks to prevent such harm and establish guardrails for trustworthy AI.

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Alleged deployer: nine-network
Alleged developer: adobe
Alleged harmed parties: georgie-purcell

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/633

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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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