AI Photo Filter Lightens Skin, Changes Eye Color in Student's 'Professional' Image
Description
An AI application modified an MIT student's photo to appear 'professional' by lightening her skin and changing her eye color to blue, highlighting the racial bias in the training data of the program.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
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Alleged Developers
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Harmed Parties
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- minority-groups
Classification
Risk Domain
Discrimination & ToxicityRisk Subdomain
1.1. Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation
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