Google employees call for removal of rightwing thinktank leader from AI council

Employees published a letter on Monday criticizing the appointment of Kay Coles James, the president of the Heritage Foundation, to Google’s newly formed advisory council for “the responsible development of AI”. “In selecting James, Google is making clear that its version of ‘ethics’ values proximity to power over the wellbeing of trans people, other LGBTQ people and immigrants,” the employees wrote in the letter, which was published online and shared internally at the company. “Google cannot claim to support trans people and its trans employees – a population that faces real and material threats – and simultaneously appoint someone committed to trans erasure to a key AI advisory position,” said the letter by employees.

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