ABSTRACT
Technology companies direct the research into the bias, fairness, and ethics of their own products and services. Corporate research would be presented along with academic research at conferences, and many papers had coauthors from both Big Tech and academia. Google was typical of Big Tech in both having a separate research division and in supporting research on the ethics of AI in academia. Big Tech's approach to research on their own products and services differs from other industries who also have a general impact on society. Big Tech has grown due to the academic power of elite research universities and relies on academia to not only develop new PhDs in computer science but also to develop new technologies to use. The question going forward would be how would Big Tech supports the same general research that both powers its innovation and critically examines its products and services.
