インシデント 665: Facial Recognition Misidentification at New World Westend in New Zealand

概要: A facial recognition system at New World Westend supermarket misidentified a Māori woman as a known offender during its trial. The woman was wrongfully accused of trespassing and experienced public embarrassment, raising concerns about racial bias and the technology's accuracy. The supermarket acknowledged its error and apologized.

組織

すべての組織を表示
Alleged: Foodstuffs developed an AI system deployed by Foodstuffs と New World Westend, which harmed Te Ani Solomon と Māori Community.

インシデントのステータス

インシデントID
665
レポート数
1
インシデント発生日
2024-04-02
エディタ
Daniel Atherton
Applied Taxonomies
MIT

MIT 分類法のクラス

Machine-Classified
分類法の詳細

Risk Subdomain

1.1. Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation

Risk Domain

  1. Discrimination and Toxicity

Entity

Human

Timing

Post-deployment

Intent

Unintentional

インシデントレポート

レポートタイムライン

Incident OccurrenceSupermarket facial recognition trial: Rotorua mother's "discrimination" ordeal
Supermarket facial recognition trial: Rotorua mother's "discrimination" ordeal
nzherald.co.nz · 2024

A Māori mum misidentified as a trespassed “thief” at a Rotorua supermarket trialling facial recognition technology says she felt “racially discriminated” against and embarrassed during the “horrible” birthday incident.

The supermarket, New …

バリアント

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インシデント発生日:
2024-04-17
インシデント状況の説明

It is not surprising that a supermarket trialling facial recognition technology mistakenly identified a Māori woman as a thief, Māori AI (artificial intelligence) and data experts say.

The woman was shopping at New World in Rotorua - one of 25 Foodstuffs’ North Island supermarkets trialling the technology - when she was approached by two staff members and asked to leave the store.

入力／出力

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/foodstuffs-facial-recognition-trial-maori-woman-mistaken-as-thief-not-surprising-experts-say/3DH6KYDHZ5GNVDUBHW5PARFGDM/

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