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Google, Microsoft End Their Five-Year Cease-Fire: All You Need to Know
Google and Microsoft recently ended a years-long truce during which they agreed not to aim their substantial lobbying firepower against each other. With regulators around the world threatening to impose limits on the power of the biggest technology companies, the two rivals are now free to step up behind-the-scenes lobbying efforts and public compl...
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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 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 Artificial Intelligence Chief Apologises For Firing Black Woman Employee
Google will start grading executives based on workforce diversity goals and increase human resources staffing, acknowledging fault in its acrimonious split with Timnit Gebru, a prominent former employee and one of the few Black women in the field of artificial intelligence.
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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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Google, Microsoft End Their Five-Year Cease-Fire: All You Need to Know
Google and Microsoft recently ended a years-long truce during which they agreed not to aim their substantial lobbying firepower against each other. With regulators around the world threatening to impose limits on the power of the biggest technology companies, the two rivals are now free to step up behind-the-scenes lobbying efforts and public compl...
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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 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 Artificial Intelligence Chief Apologises For Firing Black Woman Employee
Google will start grading executives based on workforce diversity goals and increase human resources staffing, acknowledging fault in its acrimonious split with Timnit Gebru, a prominent former employee and one of the few Black women in the field of artificial intelligence.
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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.
