Google AI Safety Unit Move Raises Employee Concerns Over Gemini Access
The team responsible for AI safety work is now separated from the research lab building the models it is meant to inform, and employees themselves have raised concerns about reduced access to Gemini's development.
Google moved its 90-person AI responsibility unit from DeepMind to Google Global Affairs, and employees are worried the change will reduce the team's access to what the Gemini team is working on. Google said the reorganization would strengthen how safety research informs its models and products. Google Global Affairs focuses on lobbying and public policy. DeepMind is also being transitioned from an independent lab into a standard Google product unit.
Employees in Google's AI responsibility unit expressed concern on August 28 that the restructuring gives the team less access to what the Gemini team is working on, adding an internal dimension to Google's move of the 90-person group from DeepMind to Google Global Affairs.
Reports surface of employee concerns about reduced access to what the Gemini team is working on
Google moved its 90-person AI responsibility unit from DeepMind to Google Global Affairs on August 27, saying the change should strengthen how safety research informs its models and products. The Neuron Daily described Google Global Affairs as focused on lobbying and reported that DeepMind is being transitioned from an independent research lab into a standard Google product unit.
Google moves its 90-person AI responsibility unit from DeepMind to Google Global Affairs
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