Google disbands artificial intelligence ethics board

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Alphabet Inc's Google is dissolving its AI ethics council a week after it was formed, amid controversy over its board members, online news portal ...

SAN FRANCISCO: Google on Thursday confirmed that it has disbanded a recently assembled artificial intelligence ethics advisory panel in the face of controversy over its membership.

"In selecting James, Google is making clear that its version of 'ethics' values proximity to power over the wellbeing of trans people, other LGBTQ people and immigrants," read a statement posted on Medium by a group identifying itself as Googlers Against Transphobia. As of late Thursday, the online petition showed more than 2,300 signatures from academics, Google employees and others, including technology industry peers.

The California-based internet giant is a leader in the development of AI, competing in the smart software race with firms such as Amazon, Apple, Facebook, IBM and Microsoft.

 

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Oops. Guess ppl will not handle AI ethically now that the board has been disbanded.

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