Microsoft Cuts AI Ethics Team Amid OpenAI Focus

Microsoft has cut its ethics and society team, which was responsible for ensuring that AI products were shipped with safeguards to mitigate social harms. The team had developed a responsible innovation toolkit to help Microsoft engineers forecast what harms could be caused by AI and then to diminish those harms. Critics have called the decision "short-sighted" and "damning," and have urged regulators to get involved to ensure that companies invest in responsible AI teams. Microsoft has said that it remains committed to developing AI products and experiences safely and responsibly.