As artificial intelligence reshapes global industries, whistleblower advocates are warning that the technology’s rapid growth has far outpaced the development of legal protections for whistleblowers. Without proper protections, they say, employees face mounting pressure deciding to speak out to expose potential harm tied to unregulated AI.
These issues took center stage during a webinar hosted by Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI) on October 16th. Sophie Luskin, Senior Research Specialist at Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy and Senior Tech Policy Analyst at Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP, moderated the event.
Luskin was joined by Holly and Will Alpine, former Microsoft employees and Co-founders of Enabled Emissions Campaign, Jacob Hilton, a former OpenAI employee, and Jennifer Gibson, Psst.org Director and Co-Founder. Together, the panel shed light on how existing laws fail to protect AI whistleblowers and what must change to ensure accountability in the industry.
Panelists pointed to the flaws in current legislation. Gibson cited California’s Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (SB53) as an example, calling its protections “limited” and “ambiguous,” as it covers only those “working on catastrophic risk,” while excluding “subcontractors or contractors.”
She also pointed to the use of unethical and repressive non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in the tech sector. Upwards of 70% of tech industry workers have to sign NDAs, changing...
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