Microsoft said in a statement it was “committed to developing AI products and experiences safely and responsibly, and does so by investing in people, processes, and partnerships that prioritize this.”
“Over the past six years we have increased the number of people across our product teams and within the Office of Responsible AI who, along with all of us at Microsoft, are accountable for ensuring we put our AI principles into practice. […] We appreciate the trailblazing work the Ethics & Society did to help us on our ongoing responsible AI journey.”
While Microsoft still maintains its Office of Responsible AI, its ethics and society team was in charge of ensuring the company’s responsible AI principles were reflected in the designs of products shipped. Said a former employee, “People would look at the principles coming out of the office of responsible AI and say, ‘I don’t know how this applies.'”Platformer said the ethics and society team was not large at this point – numbering seven people after layoffs in October – and that there was increased pressure from CEO Satya Nadella and chief technology officer Kevin Scott to get OpenAI and its assorted products to the public.
This same team designed a game – Judgment Call – which would help designers envision the potential harms that could result from AI and discuss them during product development. This game was
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