Several Google DeepMind employees have resigned in recent weeks over the company’s Pentagon contract signed earlier this year that allows its AI technology to be used in classified settings.
\n\nBBC News reports that Sofia Liguori, a London-based research engineer, left Google DeepMind this week after three years at the company. Speaking to the BBC in a personal capacity, despite a contract that restricts her from doing so, she said: “Realizing my company is pushing more and more for AI systems in military operations makes me feel ashamed to work at Google.”
\n\nLiguori said she has lost confidence in the company’s commitment to its own ethical standards. “I don’t agree with this direction and this has led me to lose faith in my company being true to its stated ethical values,” she said. She also said the terms of her departure leave little room to speak out in future: “In principle I’m not allowed to criticize Google for the duration of my life.”
\n\nShe is not alone. Andreas Kirsch, an AI researcher, resigned from Google DeepMind earlier this month over similar concerns. He told the BBC that “Google’s governance and oversight are not sufficient or meaningful enough to deploy AI safely…
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