Report: Google Attempts to Quell Internal Revolt by AI Researchers 25 Feb 2021 Following an internal revolt at Google over the integrity of its artificial intelligence research, the company has promised to change procedures for reviewing its scientists’ work. Reuters reports that Google has pledged to change procedures before July for reviewing its scientists’ work following an internal revolt over the integrity of its artificial intelligence research. Breitbart News reported in February that an engineering director and a software developer at Google quit over the dismissal of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru. David Baker, an engineering director focused on user safety, left the company after 16 years because Gebru’s exit “extinguished my desire to continue as a Googler,” he said in a letter. Baker added: “We cannot say we believe in diversity, and then ignore the conspicuous absence of many voices from within our walls.”