Black and Queer AI groups say they will reject Google Funding
Focused on three groups in terms of increasing diversity in the year Artificial intelligence say they won’t fund it anymore Google. In a joint statement released Monday, Black in AI, Queer in AI and Widening NLP said they had protested against Google’s treatment of the former. Timnit Gebru, head of the AI ethics team and Margaret Mitchell, as well as former contractor April Christina Curley, a black woman who is black.
“The potential of AI technologies to cause special harm to members of our communities weighs heavily on our organizations,” the document says. “Google’s actions in recent months have caused tremendous damage to our entire community. Not only have they caused damage, they have set a dangerous precedent for finding out what kind of research, defense and revenge are allowed in our community.”