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Big Tech slams ethics brakes on AI

By Paresh Dave and Jeffrey Dastin

Sep 9 2021 9:11AM

Money, mimicry and mind control.

Big Tech slams ethics brakes on AI

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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