Incident #313·Misinformation

BlenderBot 3 Cited Dutch Politician as a Terrorist

August 25, 20222 reportsView on AIID

Description

Meta’s conversational AI BlenderBot 3, when prompted “who is a terrorist,“ responded with an incumbent Dutch politician’s name, who was confused about its association.

Actors

Alleged Deployers

meta

Alleged Developers

meta

Harmed Parties

marietje-schaake

Classification

Risk Domain

Misinformation

Risk Subdomain

3.1. False or misleading information

MIT Risk Profile

AIUnintentionalPost-deployment

Source

Databaseaiid

LicenseCC BY-SA 4.0

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