Teenager at Broward College Allegedly Wrongfully Accused of Cheating via Remote Proctoring

February 15, 2022

Broward College's implementation of a remote proctoring system, relying on its algorithm, allegedly led to an unjust accusation of academic dishonesty during a biology exam for a Florida teenager. This incident underscores the critical need for responsible AI governance and trustworthy AI in ensuring harm prevention.

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Alleged deployer: broward-college
Alleged developer: honorlock
Alleged harmed parties: unnamed-florida-teenager

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/301

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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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