In graduate school, Gebru used Google image data to infer political positions from populations based on simple items for example, the breakdown of types of vehicles people owned. After completing her PhD at the Stanford AI Lab, Gebru worked at Microsoft in its Fairness, Accountability, Transparency and Ethics in AI (FATE) lab and later at Google, where she researched items such as bias in facial-recognition software.
Most recently, Gebru left Google; she claims she was fired for a critical email. Google counters that she made demands to stay employed that it chose not to meet. Because all this happened in December 2020, her Twitter feed is currently consumed by it.
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Lori Taylor continues to receive recognition for her work creating and building The Produce Moms® brand, and helping people incorporate more fresh fruits and vegetables into their daily eating habits. Today
Forbes announced their inaugural
Forbes Next 1000, and Lori Taylor, CEO and Founder of The Produce Mom’s and produce industry advocate, has been chosen to join the first class of 250 of the 1000 outstanding entrepreneurs.
Forbes Next 1000 is billed as “The Upstart Entrepreneurs Redefining the American Dream” and is presented by Square, marketer of software and hardware payment products.
Lori Taylor
Forbes Senior Editor, Maneet Ahuja, declares that the
The market response will act as a litmus test for investments in companies founded by women.
Today, women account for just 7.4% of Fortune 500 CEOs an all-time high but still a staggeringly low figure. Female founders of public companies number even fewer. Nasdaq estimates that just 20 of today s active U.S. public companies were led through IPO by their female founder.
Female funding drops as global deals rise
The problem is not a lack of women entrepreneurs, but rather a lack of support where it matters: Funding.
In a 2018 study, Boston Consulting Group found a clear gender gap in new business funding. According to the research, investments in businesses founded or co-founded by women averaged $935,000, less than half the average $2.1 million received by men.