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    I Watched Elon Musk Kill Twitter’s Culture From the Inside

    This bizarre episode in social-media history proves that it’s well past time for meaningful tech oversight.
    by Rumman Chowdhury Feb 17, 2023 5 minutes
    Source: Getty; The Atlantic

    Everyone has an opinion about Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter. I lived it. I saw firsthand the harms that can flow from unchecked power in tech. But it’s not too late to turn things around.

    I joined Twitter in 2021 from Parity AI, a company I founded to identify and fix biases in algorithms used in a range of industries, including banking, education, and pharmaceuticals. It was hard to leave my company behind, but I believed in the mission: Twitter offered an opportunity to improve how millions of people around the world are seen and heard. I would lead the company’s efforts to develop more ethical and transparent approaches to artificial intelligence as the engineering director of the Machine Learning Ethics, Transparency, and Accountability (META) team.

    In retrospect, it’s notable that the team existed at all. It was focused on community, public engagement, and accountability. We pushed the company to

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