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Facebook's AI Put "Primates" Label on Video Featuring Black Men
Facebook's AI mislabeled video featuring Black men as a video about "primates," resulting in an offensive prompt message for users who watched the video.
- Date it happened
- 2020-06-27
- Organisation involved
- Product, system or model
- AI tool that is part of Facebook's content recommender system. It classifies and labels the content of Facebook posts, in this case a video.
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