WF-PR33RN
Images of Black People Labeled as Gorillas
Google Photos image processing software mistakenly labelled a black couple as "gorillas."
- Date it happened
- 2015-06-03
- Organisation involved
- Product, system or model
- Google Photos' system groups and labels similar photos into categories
Where this came from
- nytimes.com
- theguardian.com
- mashable.com
- usatoday.com
- theguardian.com
- telegraph.co.uk
- bits.blogs.nytimes.com
- news.sky.com
- boingboing.net
- technologyreview.com
- cbsnews.com
- firstpost.com
- huffingtonpost.com
- bbc.com
- edition.cnn.com
- splinternews.com
- blogs.wsj.com
- wnycstudios.org
- independent.co.uk
- cbc.ca
- forbes.com
- dailymail.co.uk
- wired.com
Attribution
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