Recently, Google asked Kay Coles James, president of the Heritage Foundation, to serve on an advisory committee on ethics and artificial intelligence.
A group of Google employees objected to her appointment and circulated an internal petition that grossly misrepresented James and her views on controversial social issues. Unfortunately, more than 2,000 employees signed on to the petition, leading Google to disband the advisory committee altogether.
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