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

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 and other companies are building.

“So long as there is no effective government oversight of these corporations, current and former employees are among the few people who can hold them accountable to the public,” according to a public letter, which was signed by 13 people who’ve worked at the companies, seven of whom included their names. “Yet broad confidentiality agreements block us from voicing our concerns, except to the very companies that may be ...