Ai Researcher Timnit Gebru

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  Apple Hires Samy Bengio, Ex-Google AI Scientist Who Resigned After Colleagues Were Fired

  Apple has hired a former Google AI scientist Samy Bengio, who left the search giant after some of his colleagues including Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell were fired.

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  Google Turmoil Exposes Cracks Long in Making for Top AI Watchdog

  In 2020, Google’s AI division's leadership began to collapse after the contentious exit of prominent Black researcher Timnit Gebru over a paper the company saw as critical of its own artificial intelligence technology. To outsiders, the decision undermined the very ideals the group was trying to uphold. To insiders, this promising ethical AI effo...

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  Google AI Researcher Samy Bengio Resigns After Colleagues' Firings, Internal Email Shows

  Google research manager Samy Bengio said he was resigning, according to an internal email, in a blow to the Alphabet unit after the firings of his colleagues who questioned paper review and diversity practices.

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  Google AI Chief Apologises for Timnit Gebru’s Acrimonious Exit in Email to Staff

  Google CEO Sundar Pichai in an email to staff acknowledged the fault in Timnit Gebru’s acrimonious exit and said Google will start grading executives based on workforce diversity goals and increase human resources staffing. The email included comments by Jeff Dean, who leads the company’s AI and research efforts, saying he was sorry for how he ...

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  Google Fires AI Ethics Lead Margaret Mitchell After Timnit Gebru as Dispute Over Research Grows

  Google has fired Margaret Mitchell, another top AI ethics researcher and leader, months after dismissing Timnit Gebru. Google said in a statement that Mitchell violated the company's code of conduct and security policies by moving electronic files outside the company.

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  Google Revamps AI Teams in Wake of Researcher Timnit Gebru’s Departure

  Google restructured its responsible artificial intelligence efforts to centralise teams under a single executive, Marian Croak, in a move by the Internet giant to stabilise groups working on ethics research and products after months of chaos.

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  Two Google Engineers Resign Over Firing of AI Ethics Researcher Timnit Gebru

  An engineering director and a software developer have quit Alphabet’s Google over the dismissal of AI researcher Timnit Gebru, a sign of the ongoing conflicts at the search giant over diversity and ethics.

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  2 Google Engineers Resign Over Firing Of Artificial Intelligence Researcher

  An engineering director and a software developer have quit Alphabet Inc's Google over the dismissal of AI researcher Timnit Gebru, a sign of the ongoing conflicts at the search giant over diversity and ethics.

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  Google Suspends Second AI Ethics Researcher, Union Says

  Google has suspended an artificial intelligence (AI) ethics researcher weeks after dismissing another member of the team, Timnit Gebru, a recently formed union said.

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  Google Investigates Another Ethical AI Team Member Over Handling of Sensitive Data Following Timbit Gebru Exit

  Google is investigating a member of its ethical AI team and has locked the corporate account linked to that person after finding that thousands of files were retrieved from its server and shared with external accounts, the company said.

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  Google Told Scientists to ‘Strike a Positive Tone’ in AI Research Papers, Internal Documents Reveal

  In a move to tighten its control over scientists’ papers, Google launched a “sensitive topics” review and asked researchers to not cast its technology in a negative light, according to internal communications and interviews.

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  Google AI Researchers Lay Out Demands, Escalating Internal Fight

  A group of Google artificial intelligence researchers sent a sweeping list of demands to management calling for new policies and leadership changes, escalating a conflict at one of the company’s prized units.

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  Google CEO Sundar Pichai Says Company Will Review AI Scholar Timnit Gebru's Abrupt Exit

  Google CEO Sundar Pichai has apologised for how a prominent artificial intelligence researcher's abrupt departure last week has “seeded doubts” in the company.

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  Google AI Researcher Timnit Gebru’s Exit Sparks Ethics, Bias Concerns

  Prominent artificial intelligence scholar Timnit Gebru’s abrupt exit from Google has sparked concerns about bias and censorship. More than 1,200 Google employees have signed on to an open letter calling the incident “unprecedented research censorship” and faulting the company for racism and defensiveness.