Trillium Asset Management, a shareholder who owns $135 million worth of Alphabet (Google's parent company), has just raised the issue of AI (artificial intelligence) and algorithm transparency at its 2023 annual meeting. The fund's representative said that algorithms can lead to dangerous results in some areas such as justice and medicine, and that accountability and transparency are necessary "to know whether this technology is safe for society," Trillium argued.
This isn’t the first time the foundation has asked Alphabet for transparency. Trillium made a similar request before OpenAI’s ChatGPT AI exploded in early 2023. However, Google declined both times.
Google keeps some secrets about algorithms and AI to protect against bad guys
According to the search giant, information about the algorithm is public on its website, along with transparency about how YouTube sorts suggested content for users. But the proprietary algorithms that underpin its business cannot be disclosed.
"Algorithmic transparency also needs to consider the risks of information being exploited by bad actors, affecting user privacy and revealing sensitive commercial information," Google explained.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that AI will impact all areas of life, including healthcare, and affirmed that the company is approaching artificial intelligence "responsibly" to make this technology more useful.
The company's statement, as well as the request from the Trillium fund, comes amid the rapid development of AI, along with concerns from users and the technology industry. Last May, Geoffrey Hinton - a pioneering AI engineer left Google and warned about the dangers of chatbots on the AI platform.
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