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Taxonomy DetailsIncident Number
49
Notes (special interest intangible harm)
Beauty.ai determined mostly white applicants to be most attractive among all contestants.
Special Interest Intangible Harm
yes
Date of Incident Year
2016
Date of Incident Month
08
Estimated Date
No
CSETv0 Taxonomy Classifications
Taxonomy DetailsProblem Nature
Specification
Physical System
Software only
Level of Autonomy
High
Nature of End User
Amateur
Public Sector Deployment
No
Data Inputs
images of people's faces
Risk Subdomain
1.1. Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation
Risk Domain
- Discrimination and Toxicity
Entity
AI
Timing
Post-deployment
Intent
Unintentional
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The first international beauty contest decided by an algorithm has sparked controversy after the results revealed one glaring factor linking the winners
The first international beauty contest judged by “machines” was supposed to use objecti…
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