FILE- In this Jan. 5, 2019, file photo people stand in front of the Google tent during preparations for CES International in Las Vegas. Google employees have had more success than other tech workers at demanding change at the company. Google dropped a contract with the Pentagon after employees pushed back on the ethical implications of using company technology to analyze drone video. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
The biggest tech companies want you to know that they’re taking special care to ensure that their use of artificial intelligence to sift through mountains of data, analyse faces or build virtual assistants doesn’t spill over to the dark side.
But their efforts to assuage concerns that their machines may be used for nefarious ends have not been universally embraced. Some sceptics see it as mere window dressing by corporations more interested in profit than what’s in society’s best interests.
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