Is there such a thing as too much focus on artificial intelligence ethics these days? That’s the question Microsoft must have asked itself before the company laid off its central A.I. ethics and society team.
As Microsoft said in a statement to Platformer, which first reported the move, the team did “trailblazing work…to help us on our ongoing responsible A.I. journey,” but Microsoft’s individual product teams are now stocked up with people who “are accountable for ensuring we put our A.I. principles into practice.”
