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There's a growing demand for transparency around when an artificial intelligence is used and what it's being used for. How it was designed and developed, what grounds it was deployed, how it is monitored and updated, and the conditions under which it may be retired are all things that need to be communicated. Building in transparency lowers the risk of error and misuse, distributes responsibility, allows internal and external oversight, and expresses respect for people. There is more to transparency than meets the eye. The right balance needs to be found when it comes to how transparent companies are.

One of the largest tech companies in the world introduced an artificial intelligence that impersonated a human to make restaurant reservations. The company trained the artificial intelligence to insert the words "umms" and "ahhs" into its request in order to prove it was a human. It's 8PM please.