Incident 36: Picture of Woman on Side of Bus Shamed for Jaywalking

Description: Facial recognition system in China mistakes celebrity's face on moving billboard for jaywalker

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Alleged: Ningbo traffic police developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Dong Mingzhu.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
36
Report Count
25
Incident Date
2018-11-06
Editors
Sean McGregor

CSETv0 Taxonomy Classifications

Taxonomy Details

Full Description

In November 2018, Dong Mingzhu, the chairwoman of China's biggest maker of air conditioners, Gree Electric Appliances, had her face displayed on a huge screen erected along a street in the port city of Ningbo that displays images of people caught jaywalking by surveillance cameras. The artificial software used by the traffic police erred in capturing Dong's image from an advertisement on the side of a moving bus.

Short Description

Facial recognition system in China mistakes celebrity's face on moving billboard for jaywalker

Severity

Negligible

Harm Type

Other

AI System Description

The facial recognition algorithm used by the traffic police in Ningbo, China to spot and shame jaywalkers

System Developer

Ningbo traffic police

Sector of Deployment

Public administration and defence

Relevant AI functions

Perception, Cognition, Action

AI Techniques

Facial recognition

AI Applications

Facial recognition

Location

Ningbo, China

Named Entities

Dong Mingzhu, Gree Electric Appliances, Ningbo, China

Technology Purveyor

Ningbo traffic police

Beginning Date

2018-11-21

Ending Date

2018-11-21

Near Miss

Unclear/unknown

Intent

Accident

Lives Lost

No

Data Inputs

photographs of people's facial features

GMF Taxonomy Classifications

Taxonomy Details

Known AI Goal

Face Recognition

Potential AI Technology

Face Detection, Ensemble Aggregation, Convolutional Neural Network

Potential AI Technical Failure

Context Misidentification, Data or Labelling Noise

CSETv1 Taxonomy Classifications

Taxonomy Details

Harm Distribution Basis

none

Sector of Deployment

law enforcement

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