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AI Taskforce Chair Ollie Ilott Faces Calls for Sacking Over Undisclosed Meeting

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Ollie Ilott, the chair of a new AI taskforce, is facing calls for his dismissal due to a failure to declare a meeting with Hakluyt while serving at the Science and Tech Department. Richard Ashwell highlighted this issue, suggesting Ilott's lack of transparency makes him untrustworthy. AI

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RANK_REASON The item discusses a controversy regarding an individual's conduct in relation to an AI taskforce, rather than a core AI development or release.

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AI Taskforce Chair Ollie Ilott Faces Calls for Sacking Over Undisclosed Meeting

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    @ RichardAshwell Chair of new # AI taskforce # OllieIlott failed to declare Hakluyt meeting while at Science and Tech Department And should be sacked without an

    @ RichardAshwell Chair of new # AI taskforce # OllieIlott failed to declare Hakluyt meeting while at Science and Tech Department And should be sacked without any hand outs. he has shown himself to be non trustworthy

    LINKS climatejustice.social/@RichardAshwell

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