New papers show AI fairness and explainer audits can be fooled
Four new arXiv papers probe audit integrity: a dual-penalty framework fools white-box explainers (LIME, SHAP, Integrated Gradients), and new lower bounds quantify how much companies can manipulate black-box fairness audits. One proposal counters this with manipulation-proof "oblivious" audits against deceptive model providers.
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