Big Tech slams ethics brakes on AI

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Big Tech slams ethics brakes on AI

Money, mimicry and mind control.

In September last year, Google's cloud unit looked into using artificial intelligence to help a financial firm decide whom to lend money to. It turned down the client's idea after weeks of internal discussions, deeming the project too ethically dicey because the AI technology could ...

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