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By Jordan Williams - 02/20/21 08:44 AM EST
Google’s head of artificial intelligence (AI) apologized for the dismissal of Timnit Gebru, one of its top researchers as the company announced new diversity policies.
Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc., sent an email to employees on Friday outlining the changes, a person familiar with the situation told Bloomberg News. In the email obtained by the news outlet, Google AI chief Jeff Dean apologized for the handling of Gebru’s exit.
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“I understand we could have and should have handled the situation with more sensitivity,” Dean wrote in the email, according to Bloomberg. “And for that, I am sorry.”