YouTube's Suggestion of Conspiracy Videos to Children on the Kids App: Potential Harm Prevention and Responsible AI

A recent investigation raised concerns about YouTube Kids' content recommendation algorithm suggesting conspiracy videos to young users. This incident underscores the importance of safe and secure AI for children, emphasizing the need for robust guardrails in AI governance to prevent such incidents. The HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM provides crucial insights into managing and measuring these risks, contributing to the development of trustworthy AI models.

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MAP 4.1 — similarity 0.461, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 1.6 — similarity 0.452, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
GOVERN 6.1 — similarity 0.452, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1

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Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

When citing the database as a whole, please use:

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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