Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta made China’s AI mightier than US, claims whistleblower
Sarah Wynn-Williams has made serious allegations regarding Meta’s role in China’s AI advancements.
In what happens to be a shocking development, former Meta team member Sarah Wynn-Williams has accused the Menlo Park-based firm of aiding China’s AI developments at the cost of compromising national security. Williams, who served as the Director of Global Public Policy at Meta from 2011-2017, is set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism about her experiences at the company.
Williams is set to appear in court to answer claims that suggest Meta employees undermined U.S. national security in their bid to help China with AI. According to her, Meta started briefing the Chinese Communist Party as early as 2015. These briefings allegedly focused on emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence.
“The explicit goal being to help China outcompete American companies,” Wynn-Williams states in her draft testimony. She suggested there’s a ‘straight-line’ connecting those briefings to China’s attempts to build AI models for military use based on Meta’s technology.
Meta, on the other hand, has denied these allegations. Spokesperson Andy Stone suggested her accusations are “divorced from reality and riddled with false claims.”