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A Second AI Researcher Says She Was Fired by Google

Margaret Mitchell was once the co-leader of a group investigating ethics in AI, along Timnit Gebru, who discussed she was once fired in December.
Margaret Mitchell was the co-leader of a group investigating ethics in AI, alongside Timnit Gebru, who said she was fired in December.

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Author: Tom Simonite

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  2. "Timnit Gebru is a leader among those examining the societal impacts of the technology. She had also criticized the company's diversity efforts". (December 4, 2020)
  3. "John Martinis brought a long record of quantum computing breakthroughs when he joined Google in 2014. He quit after being reassigned to an advisory role". (April 21, 2020)
  4. "The company says algorithms flagged almost 90 percent of the hate speech it removed in the first quarter. But it doesnt report how much slipped through". (May 13, 2020)
  5. "After learning its own ethics lessons the hard way, the tech giant will offer services like spotting racial bias or developing guidelines around AI projects". (August 28, 2020)
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