Google AI Ethics Council Is Falling Apart After a Week
- Employees launch petition Monday against conservative member
- Behavioral economist withdrew his membership from the council
Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
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Google recently appointed an external ethics council to deal with tricky issues in artificial intelligence. The group is meant to help the company appease critics while still pursuing lucrative cloud computing deals.
In less than a week, the council is already falling apart, a development that may jeopardize Google’s chance of winning more military cloud-computing contracts.