Algorithmic bias in which a model systematically produces: Which of the following is an example of an

Algorithmic bias producing discriminatory outcomes is an enumerated AI-specific harm (ethics and bias risk).

The question

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1. A power outage in a data center caused by a regional storm, which interrupts service availability but arises from environmental infrastructure rather than the model.

   Plausible but wrong: a weather-driven outage is a general availability risk, not an AI-specific harm.
2. Algorithmic bias in which a model systematically produces less favorable outcomes for a protected group, reflecting the ethics-and-bias category of AI harm. ✓

   Correct: ethics and bias risk leading to discriminatory outcomes is an enumerated AI-specific harm.
3. An accounting error in a manual spreadsheet that misstates a quarterly figure, which is a human bookkeeping mistake unrelated to any automated model behavior.

   Plausible but wrong: a manual spreadsheet error is a conventional operational risk, not an AI harm.
4. A phishing email that tricks an employee into revealing a password, which is a social-engineering security incident independent of any AI system's operation.

   Plausible but wrong: generic phishing is a traditional security risk, not a harm specific to AI.

How to remember it

Algorithmic bias producing discriminatory outcomes is an enumerated AI-specific harm (ethics and bias risk).

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