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AI companies losing public trust in safety | Researchers find that more than half of Americans polled believe AI companies aren't considering ethics when developing the technology, and nearly 90% favor government regulations.


Bad publicity, executive departures and abandoned safety teams are taking their toll on AI companies' reputations.

Actress Scarlett Johansson accused the company of copying her voice from the Spike Jonze-directed romance film Her, in which a lonely writer falls in love with an AI companion. Other companies that have restructured or scaled back AI safety efforts include Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and X, fueling criticism that profit eclipses ethics. That credibility gap can affect investors and sales to the many enterprises evaluating and buying AI technology, said Ann Skeet, senior director of leadership ethics at the Markkula Center.

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