In June 2024, a pivotal New York Times article shed light on the crucial need for AI for Good principles in smart city projects. It recounted the troubling incidents in Detroit where AI's flaws led to serious misjudgments, including the wrongful arrest of a man based on faulty facial recognition technology, followed by a pregnant woman wrongfully charged with carjacking. These cases underscore the deep ethical implications and potential harm of deploying AI without stringent ethical guidelines.