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Apple hires former Google AI scientist who resigned after colleagues firings
Apple hires former Google AI scientist who resigned after colleagues firings
Apple hired Samy Bengio, who left Google after 14 years amid turmoil in its artificial intelligence research department. Bengio is expected to lead a new AI research unit at Apple under John Giannandrea, Apple’s senior vice president of machine learning and AI strategy.
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(Picture: Reuters) Bengio left Google on April 28, 2021, announcing his formal resignation.
Bengio reportedly supported former AI scientists at Google Margaret Mitchell and Timnit Gebru who co-led a team researching ethics issues in AI.
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Originally published on December 17, 2020 4:37 pm
Members of a prestigious research unit at Google have sent a letter to the company s chief executive demanding that ousted artificial intelligence researcher Timnit Gebru be reinstated.
Gebru, who studies the ethics of AI and was one of the few Black research scientists at Google, says she was unexpectedly fired after a dispute over an academic paper and months of speaking out about the need for more women and people of color at the tech giant.
In a letter sent on Wednesday by members of Google s Ethical AI team to CEO Sundar Pichai, Gebru s former colleagues ask that she be rehired and promoted, among a host of other demands, according to a copy of the note obtained by NPR that was first reported by Bloomberg.
Google AI Team Demands Ousted Black Researcher Be Rehired And Promoted
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Members of a prestigious research unit at Google have sent a letter to the company s chief executive demanding that ousted artificial intelligence researcher Timnit Gebru be reinstated.
Gebru, who studies the ethics of AI and was one of the only Black research scientists at Google, says she was unexpectedly fired after a dispute over an academic paper and months of speaking out about the need for more women and people of color at the tech giant.
In a letter sent on Wednesday by members of Google s Ethical AI team to CEO Sundar Pichai, Gebru s former colleagues ask that she be re-hired and promoted, among a host of other demands, according to a copy of the note obtained by NPR that was first reported by Bloomberg.
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Former Google researcher Timnit Gebru says she was unexpectedly fired after a dispute over an academic paper and months of speaking out about the need for more women and people of color at the tech giant. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP
Members of a prestigious research unit at Google have sent a letter to the company s chief executive demanding that ousted artificial intelligence researcher Timnit Gebru be reinstated.
Gebru, who studies the ethics of AI and was one of the few Black research scientists at Google, says she was unexpectedly fired after a dispute over an academic paper and months of speaking out about the need for more women and people of color at the tech giant.