Microsoft just gutted the entire team protecting us from the ethical
dangers of ChatGPT. Unless we take action now the next disinformation
nightmare could be unleashed.

Tell Microsoft to reinstate the “Ethics and Society” team and protect the
internet.

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John,

Just a few weeks after Microsoft made a 10 billion dollar investment in
ChatGPT, it scrapped its entire “Ethics and Society” team whose job it was
to make sure the technology was safe to use.

Microsoft hopes that the media buzz around AI will mean that no one will
notice their reckless drive for profits – but we will prove them wrong.

When thousands of us demanded Microsoft end its dangerous plans for facial
recognition technology – it worked. We can do it again.

[ [link removed] ]Tell Microsoft to reinstate the “Ethics and Society” team and ensure
the technology will not spread harmful disinformation.

AI Chatbots like ChatGPT pose new, deep risks to our safety and privacy
with experts raising the alarm that they are capable of enabling bad
actors to spread malicious lies more quickly than ever before.

The move to gut the “Ethics and Society” team was driven by profit-hungry
executives who are desperate to rush the new iteration of ChatGPT to the
masses – even if that means it is dangerous.

Microsoft says that they have other teams monitoring AI but Microsoft’s
own employees confirmed that the “Ethics and Society” team was responsible
for implementing important safeguards on ChatGPT.

We have to stop Microsoft from unleashing this technology without
supervision. We know that when Ekō members like you act, Big Tech takes
notice.

Let’s do it again.

[ [link removed] ]Call on Microsoft to reinstate the “Ethics and Society” team and
safeguard AI.



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Thanks for all that you do,
Maen, Vicky, and the team at Ekō


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Microsoft lays off an ethical AI team as it doubles down on OpenAI
Tech Crunch. 13 March 2023.
[ [link removed] ]Microsoft lays off team that taught employees how to make AI tools
responsibly
The Verge. 13 March 2023.

 

 

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