Google Revamps AI Teams in Wake of Researcher Timnit Gebru’s Departure
Marian Croak, a vice president of engineering, will be the Lead for Google’s Responsible AI Research and Engineering Center of Expertise. By Nico Grant and Dina Bass, Bloomberg | Updated: 19 February 2021 12:55 IST
Google accepted Gebru s resignation after a conflict over an AI research paper critical of its technology
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Her dismissal upset the Ethical AI research team she co-led
This isn’t the first time Google has turned to Croak to handle the issue
Google restructured its responsible artificial intelligence efforts to centralise teams under a single executive, Marian Croak, a move by the Internet giant to stabilise groups working on ethics research and products after months of chaos.