Pranshu Verma,

Pranshu Verma is a technology reporter based in Washington, D.C., covering the innovations fueling tomorrow and the dark side of technology for The Washington Post. He previously worked at the Boston Globe and covered diplomacy and transportation at The New York Times as a reporting fellow in D.C. Before that, he was a reporting fellow at the Philadelphia Inquirer, covering prisons and New Jersey politics. Verma is a graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and the University of Delaware.

Biography:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/pranshu-verma/

91%

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The Daily's Verdict

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Bias

88%

Examples:

  • Because AI is only loosely regulated, accountability rests on company insiders, the employees wrote,
  • The letter called for AI companies to commit to four principles to allow for greater transparency and whistleblower protections. Those principles include a commitment to not enter into or enforce agreements that prohibit criticism of risks; a call to establish an anonymous process for current and former employees to raise concerns; supporting a culture of criticism; and a promise to not retaliate against current and former employees who share confidential information to raise alarms “after other processes have failed.”

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

97%

Examples:

  • OpenAI has faced a staff exodus, with notable departures including co-founder Ilya Sutskever and senior researcher Jan Leike.
  • The employees warn that AI can exacerbate inequality, increase misinformation, and allow autonomous systems to cause significant harm or death.

Deceptions

85%

Examples:

  • They noted that they are hamstrung by broad confidentiality agreements and that ordinary whistleblower protections are insufficient because they focus on illegal activity, and the risks that they are warning about are not yet regulated.

Recent Articles

AI Employees Call for Transparency and Whistleblower Protections Amidst Concerns of Autonomy and Risks to Humanity

AI Employees Call for Transparency and Whistleblower Protections Amidst Concerns of Autonomy and Risks to Humanity

Broke On: Tuesday, 04 June 2024 A group of current and former employees from OpenAI and other AI companies have raised concerns about the risks posed by AI to humanity, urging corporations to implement transparency measures and protect whistleblowers. The letter, signed by 13 individuals including those from Anthropic and Google's DeepMind, highlights potential dangers such as exacerbating inequality, increasing misinformation, and autonomous systems causing significant harm. Absent government oversight, employees are the primary means of holding corporations accountable for these risks. The letter calls for commitments to transparency principles like allowing criticism and anonymous reporting channels.

Sam Altman Reinstated as OpenAI CEO Following Internal Disputes

Broke On: Tuesday, 21 November 2023 Sam Altman has been reinstated as CEO of OpenAI following his dismissal. Almost every staff member at OpenAI threatened to leave unless Altman was reinstated. The board has agreed to an independent investigation into recent events, including Altman's role.