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OpenAI Employees Call For Protections to Speak Out on AI Risks (1)

Jun 04, 2024 - news.bloomberglaw.com
A group of current and former employees from OpenAI and Google DeepMind are demanding protection against retaliation for voicing concerns about the potential risks of the technologies being developed by these and other companies. They argue that in the absence of effective government oversight, employees are among the few who can hold these corporations accountable to the public.

However, they claim that broad confidentiality agreements prevent them from expressing their concerns, except to the companies themselves. The public letter expressing these concerns was signed by 13 individuals who have worked at these companies, seven of whom disclosed their names.

Key takeaways:

  • A group of current and former employees from OpenAI and Google DeepMind are calling for protection from retaliation for sharing concerns about the “serious risks” of the technologies these companies are building.
  • They believe that as long as there is no effective government oversight of these corporations, employees are among the few people who can hold them accountable to the public.
  • A public letter was signed by 13 people who’ve worked at the companies, seven of whom included their names.
  • The employees claim that broad confidentiality agreements block them from voicing their concerns, except to the very companies that may be posing the risks.
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