Scholar Urges AI Companies to Give Back to Society
SandraWachter5 · x · 2026-07-10
In an op-ed, Oxford scholar Sandra Wachter argues that the public effectively acts as "shareholders" for AI companies, given that AI development relies heavily on public resources and data. Consequently, AI firms should reciprocate by delivering socially beneficial technologies as a return on the public's implicit investment.
Furthermore, she shared a paper exploring how to optimize human well-being within EU tech policies, advocating for greater consideration of public welfare in technology regulation.
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