""Fundamentally, the push for unionization is about holding Google to its own ethical standards on AI, how they monetize it, what the products do, and who they work with," John Chadfield, national officer for technology at the CWU, tells WIRED. "Through the process of unionization, workers are collectively in a much stronger place to put [demands] to an increasingly deaf management.""
""A lot of people here bought into the Google DeepMind tagline 'to build AI responsibly to benefit humanity,'" the DeepMind employee told WIRED. "The direction of travel is to further militarization of the AI models we're building here.""
Employees at Google DeepMind in London have voted to unionize, seeking recognition from the Communication Workers Union and Unite the Union. This move aims to hold Google accountable to its ethical standards regarding AI use, particularly in military applications. The unionization effort began after Alphabet removed a pledge against using AI for weapons development. Concerns about the militarization of AI are growing within the industry, as evidenced by recent deals between Google and the Pentagon.
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