Timnit Gebru—a giant in the world of AI and then co-lead of Google’s AI ethics team—was pushed out of her job in December. The backlash was immediate. Thousands of Googlers and outside researchers ...

Google just can't help alienating large swaths of its employee base. More than 1,530 (and counting) Google employees have signed an open letter decrying the company's summary firing of the prominent ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS / AP) -- Prominent artificial intelligence scholar Timnit Gebru helped improve Google's public image as a company that elevates Black computer scientists and questions harmful uses ...

Richard Nieva was a senior reporter for CNET News, focusing on Google and Yahoo. He previously worked for PandoDaily and Fortune Magazine, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, on ...

Almost exactly one year ago, Timnit Gebru, one of the leaders of Google’s ethics in AI team and one of the foremost experts in that topic, was fired after sending an email of concern to her team. Now ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Timnit Gebru, one of the best-known AI researchers today and co-lead of ...

Dr. Timnit Gebru on Thursday announced her post-Google plans for fostering the ethical development of artificial intelligence technology — launching an independent research institute of her own. The ...

When she co-led Google’s Ethical AI team, Timnit Gebru was a prominent insider voice questioning the tech industry’s approach to artificial intelligence. That was before Google GOOG pushed her out of ...

Timnit Gebru, a high-profile AI ethics researcher and leader in the field, has been forced out of Google. Gebru, who announced the news on Twitter Wednesday night, wrote that she was fired by Google’s ...

Timnit Gebru, a prominent AI researcher who left Google a year ago, plans to establish her own AI institute. The non-profit will focus on the responsible use of the artificial intelligence that Gebru ...