Guardian Australia
Expert said federal law bars officials from taking actions in their jobs that benefit their own financial interests A high-profile US defense department official who oversees the agency’s artificial intelligence efforts made a profit of up to $24m selling a private investment he held in Elon Musk ’s AI company earlier this year, according to government ethics records released this month. The value of his stake totaled a maximum of a million dollars when he joined the department. Emil Michael, who is the Pentagon’s under secretary for research and engineering under the Trump administration , oversees negotiations with AI companies and has been pushing the defense department to rapidly increase the widespread use of AI. Continue reading...
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