Tech worker groups urge AI firms to maintain safety protocols
Tech worker groups (representing about 700,000 people) are urging Amazon, Google, and Microsoft to keep their current AI safety protocols in place.
This follows a Pentagon request to Anthropic to drop safeguards that ban mass domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons.
Workers worry that weakening these rules could lead to tech being used for things like spying or lethal drones.
The groups are also calling for transparency in government contracts
The groups want tech giants to be open about their government contracts, especially with agencies like the Department of Homeland Security and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
They're also pushing for companies to set clear internal limits so AI isn't used unethically or in ways that put public safety at risk.
As they put it: They call on Amazon, Google, and Microsoft to refuse any request to weaken existing safeguards against mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous systems capable of using lethal force without human oversight.