Rightwing thinktank leader on Google’s new AI council.

April 2, 2019 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, BUSINESS, LIFESTYLES Comments Off on Rightwing thinktank leader on Google’s new AI council.
‘In selecting James, Google is making clear that its version of ‘ethics’ values proximity to power over the wellbeing of trans people, other LGBTQ people and immigrants,’ the employees wrote in the letter. (Image: Noah Berger/AP)

A group of Google employees have called for the removal of a rightwing thinktank leader from the company’s new artificial intelligence council, citing her anti-LGBT and anti-immigrant record.

Employees published a letter on Monday criticizing the appointment of Kay Coles James…