He didn’t want to force the panelists scrutinizing DeepMind’s health division to sign gag orders, so they could criticize the company freely and publicly if they wanted. But that also meant they weren’t privy to the full extent of DeepMind’s work, which often put them in the dark. And since their judgments weren’t legally binding, the board members complained they lacked teeth. In practice, the board couldn’t do very much.
