DeepMind now has two ethics groups, but one of them is still secret
Alphabet’s artificial intelligence lab, DeepMind, has launched a new research group to consider the “real-world impacts” of replicating human intelligence. DeepMind Ethics & Society (DMES), consisting of six independent research fellows, eight full-time researchers, and nine partnerships with other research institutions, will explore topics such as algorithmic bias, accountability, and autonomous killing machines, according to…