Google Fires Blake Lemoine, Engineer Who Called Its AI Sentient

Blake Lemoine said he believes Google's LaMDA conversational technology is sentient. Lemoine shared the news of his firing in a taping of Big Technology Podcast on Friday. Google confirmed Lemoine’s dismissal and shared the following statement with Big Technology:“As we share in our AI Principles , we take the development of AI very seriously and remain committed to responsible innovation. So, it’t regrettable that despite lengthy engagement on this topic, Blake still chose to persistently violate clear employment and data security policies. We will continue our careful development of language models, and we wish Blake well”