Tech Giants Warn of AI Moderation Errors as Staff Work From Home

Tech Giants Warn of AI Moderation Errors as Staff Work From Home
People walk past Google's UK headquarters in London on Nov. 1, 2018. Hundreds of employees walked out of Google's European headquarters in Dublin on Thursday as part of a global campaign over the US tech giant's handling of sexual harassment that saw similar protests in London and Singapore. TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty Images
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Alphabet Inc’s YouTube, Facebook Inc., and Twitter Inc, warned on Monday that more videos and other content could be erroneously removed for policy violations, as the companies empty offices and rely on automated takedown software during the coronavirus pandemic.

In a blog post, Google said that to reduce the need for people to come into offices, YouTube and other business divisions are temporarily relying more on artificial intelligence and automated tools to find problematic content.