Tech companies ramping up AI efforts while cutting ethics teams ‘might not be a good look,’ feds warn

The Federal Trade Commission continued its crusade against deceptive uses of artificial intelligence Monday, suggesting that companies could face trouble by simultaneously misleading customers using AI and cutting back on ethicists who advise businesses on how to use the technology responsibly.

The warning comes as large technology companies reportedly have been laying off staffers who monitored AI ethics and safety. Microsoft Corp. MSFT, Alphabet Inc.’s Google GOOGL GOOGand Amazon.com Inc.’s AMZNTwitch are among the technology…