A watchdog group is sounding the alarm after Microsoft handed control of its artificial intelligence educational tools to one of the country’s most partisan groups.
The technology giant announced last week that it partnered with the American Federation of Teachers, one of the country’s largest unions, on a legally enforceable agreement overseeing safety and privacy standards for using Microsoft AI in the classroom. The agreement, championed by leftist Randi Weingarten, includes an “equity” and “inclusion” provision that products “must be accessible and fair.”
Conservative research organization the Fair Election Fund on Tuesday urged Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to exercise oversight over the scope of the agreement and the potential impact on millions of students, according to a letter obtained by The Daily Wire.
“The company is once again using its reach in American classrooms to advance a partisan agenda, shaping how the next generation thinks, what they trust, and how they vote,” the Fair Election Fund wrote to Cruz. “It is doing so through a partner whose record of politicizing children’s education should disqualify her and the organization she runs from any seat at this table.”
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