Big Tech companies and government entities have united in an international push to control speech online and especially to control artificial intelligence (AI).
The State Department announced Monday a new AI partnership with Google, Amazon, Meta, Anthropic, Microsoft, Nvidia, IBM and OpenAI. The State Department promised up to $33 million in new AI-related commitments on top of the previous $15 million in taxpayer dollars to advance the AI goals of the United Nations’ Orwellian 2030 Agenda. This week, the UN revealed a “Global Digital Compact” explicitly endorsing online censorship.
The UN compact insists on “international cooperation to address the challenge of misinformation and disinformation and hate speech online.” To that end, it “urgently” recommends that “stakeholders” call on tech companies to “enhance the transparency and accountability of their systems, including terms of service, content moderation and recommendation algorithms … to empower users to make informed choices and provide or withdraw informed consent.”
Notably, “content moderation” is a leftist catchword for censorship. According to the UN, this recommendation is drawn from two of Agenda 2030’s 17 policy proposals, also dubbed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
How will this look in practice? The State Department and Big Tech have a plan, it seems. The Partnership for Global Inclusivity on AI (PGIAI)—announced in a Sept. 23 State Department release which also affirmed dedication to the SDGs—will be funded by over $100 million collectively committed by the government and the tech companies. The State Department is committing up to $33 million in “Foreign Assistance” and “to promote the responsible use and governance of AI globally.”
Google is promising $120 million “to support a Global AI Opportunity Fund to make AI education and training available,” besides other hefty grants. Microsoft has assigned a whopping $12 billion for “AI data center infrastructure, connectivity, and skilling in the Global South.” The other companies will invest amounts ranging from $1 million to $45 million in various AI-related projects.
The State Department press release said PGIAI has “an unwavering commitment to safety, security, and trustworthiness in AI systems,” but did not clarify how that security will be achieved. The federal agency linked to a document, titled “Risk Management Profile for Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights,” highlighting “disinformation,” a word commonly used by leftists to justify censorship. The release also emphasized the Biden-Harris administration’s dedication to the SDGs, indicating the PGIAI supports censorship.
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