The search engine company finds itself facing heavy criticism after it was revealed the company's AI ethics lead Timnit Gebru was fired. Well-respected in her field and one of the few Black women leaders in the industry, she claims she was terminated because of an email she sent out. Employees have condemned the action, renewing criticism about Google's workplace culture. Chief executive Sundar Pichai has announced an investigation into her exit.
Google’s workplace culture is yet again embroiled in controversy. AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru — a well-respected pioneer in her field and one of the few Black women leaders in the industry — said on December 2 that Google fired her after blocking the publication of her research around bias in …
Timnit Gebru, one of the best-known AI researchers today and co-lead of an AI ethics team at Google, no longer works at the company. She was featured in Google promotional material as recently as May. According to Gebru, she was fired Wednesday for sending an email to “non-management employees that …
Google CEO Sundar Pichai apologized Wednesday for the company's handling of the departure of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru and said he would …
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Many details of the exact sequence of events that led up to Gebru’s departure are not yet clear; both she and Google have declined to comment beyond …
Timnit Gebru says she was terminated Wednesday after expressing frustration with the tech company's white male leadership. Last night, Google abruptly fired Timnit Gebru, an AI ethicist who has gained immense respect around the world for her work uncovering racial bias in algorithms and promoting …
Google illegally fired two employees involved in labor organizing last year, the National Labor Relations Board alleged in a complaint on Wednesday. The tech giant also violated federal labor law, the agency said, by surveilling employees who viewed a union organizing presentation, interrogating …
More than 1,500 researchers also sign letter after Black expert on ethics says Google tried to suppress her research on bias More than 1,200 Google employees and more than 1,500 academic researchers are speaking out in protest after a prominent Black scientist studying the ethics of artificial …
Members of Timnit Gebru's team at Google published a letter calling Google's paper review process discriminatory. Don’t know what to do this weekend? …
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