Google has shuttered its new artificial intelligence ethics council, a little more than a week after announcing it and days after a swarm of employees demanded the removal of the president of a conservative think tank from the group
In a statement Thursday, Google told CNN Business that it has"become clear that in the current environment" the Advanced Technology External Advisory Council"can't function" as the company wanted."So we're ending the council and going back to the drawing board. We'll continue to be responsible in our work on the important issues that AI raises, and will find different ways of getting outside opinions on these topics," Google said.
And the group of Google employees pointed out several recent Twitter posts in which James criticized proposed federal legislation such as the Equality Act, which aims to halt discrimination based on gender identity, sex and sexual orientation. On Twitter, James called the bill"anything but equality" and said it would"open every female bathroom and sports team to biological males.
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