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Would You Quit a Tech Project Over Ethical Concerns?

More and more are demanding their employers make ethics a priority. They are protesting, signing petitions, and even quitting their job. A research scientist recently left Google over concerns that th... read more

Are we too broke to stick to our principles?

Would you quit your job on ethical grounds? Last summer, a dozen Google employees did just that. According to several reports, they ditched the prestigious technology firm over its involvement in a pr... read more

Can Employees Change the Ethics of Tech Firms?

Some have quit over various ethical issues. But other Google ... That is also the case in these tech companies where it is pretty easy for employees to resist getting assigned to teams working on proj... read more

Nakasone: Engagement with industry essential, even amid ethics concerns

Trepidation at some Silicon Valley tech companies over ... pull out of its partnership for Project Maven -- an artificial intelligence project -- over ethics concerns. "I don’t think that should mean ... read more

Google Supports Autonomous Weapons as Employees Resign Over Ethical Concerns

The resigning employees’ frustrations range from particular ethical concerns over ... s tech leaders would go this route. Google is working on a military drone project with the Department of Defense a... read more

A dozen Google employees quit over military drone project

The controversial program, called "Project ... signed by over 200 researchers and academics in artificial intelligence. The letter says Google should "commit to not weaponizing its technology" and ter... read more

Experts: Ethical Concerns Over AI Use in Medical Care Pressing but Answerable

The division of labor: What can we turn over to a computer and what can we leave in human hands?" Caleb Watney, a technology policy ... "We ask you to stop for stop signs," he said. "It's not an ethic... read more

Would You Buy a Car That’s Programmed to Kill You? You Just Might.

And you just want that car to stop as quickly as it can and you slam on the brakes. Well the car is going to prioritize keeping going straight over running over that kid in today’s technology ... of t... read more

Building ethics into AI

“Their position may stay the same, it may change over time -- companies shift and adjust.… But their point is a really good one: You can ... understanding these ethical concerns, he said. Regardless o... read more

ODNI chief warns tech firms about their double standard

Coats did not elaborate on what he meant by cooperation, but his sentiments track with complaints made by policymakers and members of Congress in recent months that U.S. tech companies like Google, Mi... read more

Nursing is hard. Unaddressed ethical issues make it even harder.

The couple looked over at what they ... and end-of-life issues and just about everything in between. The matter becomes even more complicated when you factor in that each nurse has his or her own pers... read more