YouTube Recommendation Reportedly Pushed Election Fraud Content to Skeptics Disproportionately

November 1, 2020

A recent report suggests that YouTube's recommendation system may have preferentially promoted content about the 2020 US Presidential Election fraud to those most skeptical of its legitimacy. Such instances underscore the need for trustworthy and safe AI practices, particularly in areas like AI governance and harm prevention. The HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM (Govern) aims to establish guardrails for AI systems to ensure they do not propagate misinformation or reinforce harmful beliefs.

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MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.662, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
GOVERN 1.2 — similarity 0.656, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 1.6 — similarity 0.646, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Alleged deployer: youtube
Alleged developer: youtube
Alleged harmed parties: youtube-users-skeptical-of-us-election-results

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/348

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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