Facebook apologized for labeling black men as “primates” in a video. The story begins last June, when the Daily Mail posted a video on its Facebook page showing an altercation between black men, white men and police officers. At the end of the video, as always, the social network brings up a message inviting you to see more videos, but this time the automatic message reads: “Keep watching videos on primates”, according to the New York Times. Facebook has deactivated the artificial intelligence function that displayed the message, the American newspaper reports, apologized for what it called an “unacceptable mistake” and promised further investigation so that it does not happen again. A company spokesperson said. admitted to the Times that although Facebook has made numerous improvements to its artificial intelligence, it still “isn’t perfect” and has “a lot of progress to make”.
Google, Amazon, and other hi-tech giants have long been under fire for biases in their AI systems, particularly when it comes to race issues. Studies have shown that facial recognition technology is prevented against black people and has a harder time identifying them, leading to incidents where black people have been discriminated against or arrested due to a computer error.
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