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In AI race, Microsoft and Google choose speed over cautionThe aggressive moves by the normally risk-averse companies were driven by a race to control what could be the tech industry's next big thin...
AI experts disown Elon Musk-backed campaign citing their researchCritics have accused the Future of Life Institute (FLI), the organisation behind the letter which is primarily funded by the Elon Musk Foun...
AI experts disown Musk-backed campaign citing their researchFour artificial intelligence experts have expressed concern after their work was cited in an open letter - co-signed by Elon Musk - demandi...
Elon Musk's AI letter is a 'hot mess' of hype, say criticsBillionaire Tesla boss Musk and other luminaries wrote that "AI systems with human-competitive intelligence can pose profound risks to soci...
Crypto falls off another cliff; developer talent crunch set to worsen, survey saysThe Crypto market is now worth below $1 trillion, with bitcoin down around 14%.
Google sidelines engineer who claims its AI is sentientBlake Lemoine, a senior software engineer in Google's Responsible AI organization, said in an interview that he was put on leave last Monda...
Apple hires ex-Google AI scientist who resigned after colleagues' firingsSamy Bengio is expected to lead a new AI research unit at Apple under John Giannandrea, senior vice president of machine learning and AI st...
Google AI scientist Samy Bengio resigns after colleagues' firingsSamy Bengio spent about 14 years at Google and was among its first employees involved in a decade-old project known as Google Brain that ad...
Google to evaluate performance of executives based on team diversity and inclusionAlphabet for years had rejected proposals from shareholders and employees to set diversity goals and tie executive pay to them.
Google fires second AI ethics leader as dispute over research, diversity growsThe firing comes a month after Mitchell also vented on Twitter about the handling of her former colleague, Timnit Gebru, who parted ways wi...
Google names executive to oversee responsible AI research after staff unrestGoogle confirmed Marian Croak will manage 10 teams, including a dozen scientists studying the ethical considerations of automated technolog...
ETtech Morning Dispatch on 21 Jan. 2021: Top tech news to start your dayFrom India's plan to revamp IT Act to Tesla India's one-seat office in Bengaluru and Joe Biden's tech to-do list, here are the must-read to...
Google investigates ethical AI team member over handling of sensitive dataGoogle's diversity efforts have been questioned by employees and adds to years of angst
Google told its scientists to 'strike a positive tone' in AI research: DocumentGoogle's new review procedure asks that researchers consult with legal, policy and public relations teams before pursuing topics such as fa...
Google AI researcher's exit sparks ethics, bias concernsGebru announced on Twitter she was fired. Google told employees she resigned. More than 1,200 Google employees have signed on to an open le...
Google AI researcher's abrupt exit sparks ethics, bias concernsThe furor over Timnit Gebru's abrupt departure is the latest incident raising questions.
View: Peril of face recognition technologyFor several years, activists have been crying hoarse about the abuse of these technologies. However, on March 11, the Indian government cas...