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Google AI manager resigns following controversial firings of two top researchers Samy Bengio is leaving Google Brain on April 28th Share this story Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A Google researcher manager has resigned following the controversial firings of two female leaders in his organization. Samy Bengio, who oversaw the ethical AI team prior to a reorganization in February, is leaving to pursue other opportunities, according to Bloomberg. His last day will be April 28th. Bengio was a strong advocate of star AI ethics researchers Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell, who previous...

Photo Credit: IANS IANSLive San Francisco, Feb 5 (IANS) Two Google engineers, including one of Indian-origin, have left Google over abrupt firing of Timnit Gebru who was the technical co-lead of Google's Ethical Artificial Intelligence Team. To get full access of the story, click here to subscribe to IANS News Service © 2021 IANS India Private Limited. All Rights Reserved. The reproduction of the story/photograph in any form will be liable for legal action. For news, views and gossips, follow IANS at Twitter. Update: 05-February-2021

While engineering director David Baker said Gebru's dismissal

Google engineers quit after the company fired its star AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru's exit has sparked an outcry at Google Shares Two Google engineers have quit the company over the firing of AI researcher Timnit Gebru, whose controversial termination in December sparked an internal backlash about ethics and diversity. David Baker, who led the engineering team for Google Trust and Safety, said he was resigning after more than 16 years because Gebru’s departure had “extinguished [his] desire to continue as a Googler.” Software engineer Vinesh Kannan has also left the ...

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Two Google engineers have quit over the treatment of Timnit Gebru, former co-lead of the ethical AI team. David Baker, an engineering director, said Gebru’s dismissal “extinguished” his desire to remain at the company. Vinesh Kannan, a software engineer, said he was leaving because Gebru and April Christina Curley, a diversity recruiter, were “wronged.” The news was first reported by “We cannot say we believe in making a more understanding, informed world, and then ignore how our products amplify biases,” Baker wrote in a farewell note to...