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AI diversity groups snub future funding from Google over staff treatment
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Googleâs AI ethics drama has taken another twist. Three groups working to promote diversity in AI say they will no longer accept funding from the search giant after a series of controversial firings at the company.
Queer in AI, Black in AI, and Widening NLP cited the dismissals of Timnit Gebru and Margaret, the former co-leads of Googleâs Ethical AI team, as well as recruiter April Christina Curley, as reasons for the decision.
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.”
Apple Hires AI Researcher Who Quit Google During Ethics Scandal Stephanie Keith/Getty
4 May 2021
Apple has reportedly hired a former Google AI veteran who quit the company amidst a scandal over the company’s firing of two female AI ethics researchers.
Engadget reports that Google AI veteran Samy Bengio has joined Apple after quitting Google in protest of the company’s treatment of two female AI ethics researchers. Bengio will reportedly lead a new AI research unit at Apple where he will join multiple former Google employees and Apple’s current VP of machine learning and AI strategy, John Giannandrea.