Skating Rink’s Facial Recognition Cameras Misidentified Black Teenager as Banned Troublemaker

July 10, 2021

A teenager was wrongly barred from a roller skating rink in Livonia, Michigan due to misidentification by the venue's facial recognition cameras, mistaking her for another individual previously banned for causing disturbances. Such incidents underscore the need for trustworthy and safe AI governance.

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MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.654, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 1.6 — similarity 0.643, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 4.1 — similarity 0.630, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Alleged deployer: riverside-arena-skating-rink
Alleged developer: unknown
Alleged harmed parties: lamya-robinson, black-livonia-residents

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/108

Data source

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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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