Google cancels its newly-announced AI ethics board following internal and external outcry.
that although he didn't plan to resign, he recommended that Google remove James from the council.
Dyan Gibbens, CEO of a drone technology company who previously worked on drones for the U.S. military and another member of the committee, received scrutiny too. As a backdrop, Google decided last year with the Pentagon to use AI to analyze drone footage after thousands of employees protested against the company becoming involved in the"business of war.""It’s become clear that in the current environment, [the Advanced Technology External Advisory Council] can’t function as we wanted," a Google spokesperson toldin a statement."So we’re ending the council and going back to the drawing board.
Google had planned to meet with the group four times in 2019 and publish a report summarizing its discussions afterwards.for the"unwillingness to compromise on hate." Google wasn't the only company called out this week regarding ethics in artificial intelligence. A group of AI experts published an open letter to Amazon on Wednesday urging it to
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