Author: Zoe Schiffer
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Google employees who worked with Timnit Gebru are coming out publicly to dispute claims against the star AI ethics researcher. On Monday, the team published a letter on the Google Walkout Medium account firmly stating that Gebru was fired and did not resign as Google’s head of artificial intelligence, Jeff Dean, said. The letter was signed by 1,604 Google employees and 2,512 industry allies. It also noted the publication review policy that Gebru was supposed to follow was applied “unevenly and discriminatorily.”
“Dr. Gebru’s dismissal has been framed as a resignation, but in Dr. Gebru’s own words, she did not resign,” the letter says. It notes that Gebru asked for certain conditions to be met in order for her to stay at Google, including...
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Photo by Kimberly White / Getty Images for TechCrunch
Google employees who worked with Timnit Gebru are coming out publicly to dispute claims against the star AI ethics researcher. On Monday, the team published a letter on the Google Walkout Medium account firmly stating that Gebru was fired and did not resign as Google’s head of artificial intelligence, Jeff Dean, said. The letter was signed by 1,604 Google employees and 2,512 industry allies. It also noted the publication review policy that Gebru was supposed to follow was applied “unevenly and discriminatorily.”
“Dr. Gebru’s dismissal has been framed as a resignation, but in Dr. Gebru’s own words, she did not resign,” the letter says. It notes that Gebru asked for certain conditions to be met in order for her to stay at Google, including...
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