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Facebook AI mislabels video of Black men as Primates
Facebook's AI recommendation system labeled a video of Black men with a prompt asking users if they wanted to keep seeing videos about Primates. The social network apologized for the 'unacceptable error' and disabled the feature. The incident highlights ongoing issues with racial bias in AI systems.
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- 2021-09-01
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