Meta Hires Anti-LGBTQ Activist As AI “Bias Monitor”

The Verge reports:

Conservative activist Robby Starbuck will serve as an advisor at Meta to address “ideological and political bias” within the company’s AI chatbot, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The move comes as part of a settlement Meta reached with Starbuck, who filed a lawsuit claiming Meta AI wrongly stated he was involved in the January 6th Capitol riot.

Starbuck has waged public pressure campaigns against companies that have diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, with companies like Tractor Supply, John Deere, and Harley-Davidson dropping their DEI efforts as a result. Now, following President Donald Trump’s executive order to make AI less “woke,” Starbuck will advise Meta on bias.

Read the full article. As was covered here in many posts, most of Starbuck’s usually successful attacks on “woke” companies centered on support for LGBTQ employees, sponsorship of Pride events, and anti-discrimination policies.

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