Apple scoops up ex-Google AI leader to help fix Siri
Another high-profile Google researcher joins Apple.
If you ve been looking for some sign that Apple is serious about Siri, a new
Reuters report should pique your interest. The publication reports that Apple has hired former Google AI research scientist Samy Bengio after he recently left the company after 14 years.
Bengio left Google last month after two of his colleagues were fired for questioning paper review and diversity practices.
According to media reports, Google fired researcher Margaret Mitchell in February after alleging she transferred electronic files out of the company and researcher Timnit Gebru after she refused to retract a paper on the risks and biases of large language models. Bengio expressed support for both co-workers before announcing he was leaving Google for other exciting opportunities.
Apple has hired a former Google AI scientist Samy Bengio, who left the search giant after some of his colleagues including Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell were fired.
Apple has hired former Google AI scientist Samy Bengio, who resigned from the Big G following the controversial firing of ethics researcher Timnit Gebru.
Apple hires former Google AI scientist who left after ethics turmoil Engadget 5 hrs ago Saqib Shah
Apple has hired Google AI veteran Samy Bengio who was among the company s most prominent employees to quit amid the fallout from its firing of two women researchers.
, which broke the news, noted that Bengio will lead a new AI research unit at Apple, reuniting him with former Google luminary and current Apple VP of machine learning and AI strategy John Giannandrea.
Bengio left Google last week after 14 years following the company s controversialdismissal of two ethical AI co-leads who reported to him, Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell. Both researchers were staunch advocates for diversity in their field and had separately warned of the dangers of large language models and algorithmic bias. Their firings prompted an internal outcry at the search giant and among the wider AI academic fraternity.
Apple hires AI scientist Samy Bengio who left Google after colleagues firings
Samy Bengio is expected to lead a new AI research unit at Apple under John Giannandrea, senior vice president of machine learning and AI strategy
Reuters | May 4, 2021 | Updated 15:00 IST
Apple Inc said on Monday it has hired former distinguished Google scientist Samy Bengio, who left the search giant amid turmoil in its artificial intelligence research department.
Bengio is expected to lead a new AI research unit at Apple under John Giannandrea, senior vice president of machine learning and AI strategy, two people familiar with the matter said. Giannandrea joined Apple in 2018 after spending about eight years at Google.