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Internal email: Google is moving DeepMind's ~90-person "AI responsibility" team, focused on the risks and societal impact of AI, to Google's global affairs unit

Researchers have raised concerns about the change's effect on their independence and ability to detect threats from newest models

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Internal email: Google is moving DeepMind's ~90-person "AI responsibility" team, focused on the risks and societal impact of AI, to Google's global affairs unit

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