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Apple Hires AI Researcher Who Quit Google During Ethics Scandal

Apple Hires AI Researcher Who Quit Google During Ethics Scandal
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4 May 2021
Apple has reportedly hired a former Google AI veteran who quit the company amidst a scandal over the company’s firing of two female AI ethics researchers.
Engadget reports that Google AI veteran Samy Bengio has joined Apple after quitting Google in protest of the company’s treatment of two female AI ethics researchers. Bengio will reportedly lead a new AI research unit at Apple where he will join multiple former Google employees and Apple’s current VP of machine learning and AI strategy, John Giannandrea.

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Google: Another AI scientist resigns after the departures of his colleagues from the office

Google suffered a new blow in its AI research office after it was reported that its manager, Samy Bengio, has resigned from his post. His resignation was revealed after the media saw his email earlier this week.
As per Reuters, Bengio decided to quit amid the firings and departures in the office. Those who were previously dismissed were said to have questioned Google’s diversity practices and paper review.
The AI research manager’s email
In the email announcing his resignation from Google, Bengio mentioned that he would be staying with the company only until April 28. Although the reports suggest he quit as his co-workers were being dismissed, in the email, he said that he decided to leave to pursue other exciting opportunities.

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Google AI loses another leader following firing of ethics researchers

Google AI loses another leader following firing of ethics researchers
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Samy Bengio, a leader from Google’s AI research team, will leave the company later this month.
Samy Bengio has left Google Brain, Google’s deep learning AI research team, Bloomberg reports.
A research scientist at Google since 2007, Bengio will continue to lead a group of researchers on the Google Brain team until his departure on 28 April. According to Bloomberg, a reorganisation of this team announced in February had cut some of Bengio’s responsibilities.
Google vice-president Marian Croak was named head of responsible AI research at the company, tasked with making sure Google’s work in AI is responsible and has a positive impact. Croak took leadership of a new centre of expertise on responsible AI within Google Research, managing 10 teams and reporting directly to Jeff Dean, the head of Google AI and one of the originators of Google Brain along with Andrew Ng.

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Whistleblower protections: Alphabet shareholder wants policy review

Whistleblower protections: Alphabet shareholder wants policy review
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San Francisco, April 7 : Google's abrupt firing of prominent Artificial Intelligence (AI) ethics researcher Timnit Gebru late last year and reports of the company sacking more employees later has now led an Alphabet shareholder to push for adoption of policies for better whistleblower protections.
Trillium Asset Management has filed a shareholder resolution asking the board of directors for review of current policies by a third party, The Verge reported on Tuesday.
"Reporting suggests that many Google employees who have resigned or been fired ... publicly report retaliation after voicing human rights implications of company practices, including systemic workplace racism and sexism," the resolution reads.

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Google Advised Mental Health Care

Google Advised Mental Health Care
by Angela Mohan on
March 11, 2021 at 9:21 AM
Google advised its employees to go for mental health counselling or apply leave when they complained about racism or sexual harassment at workplace, the media reported.
According to NBC News, Google's human resources (HR) department encouraged them to take mental health leave, even when their complaints were unrelated to such concerns.
"They consulted human resources after colleagues made comments about their skin colour or Black hairstyles or asked if they were sexually interested in their teammates. They also contacted human resources to report retaliation after protesting sexual harassment issues and to advocate for raises for Black people to match white employees' pay," the report said on Sunday.

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Google Advised 'mental Health Care' Over Racism Complaints

San Francisco, March 8 (IANS) Several Google employees have said that the company allegedly suggested them to go for mental health counselling or apply leave

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Google HR Allegedly Advised Mental Health Care To Employees Who Complained About Racism

Several Google employees have said that the company allegedly suggested them to go for mental health counseling or apply for leave when they complained

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Report: Google Attempts to Quell Internal Revolt by AI Researchers

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.”

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Amazon, Google pay the piper – TechCrunch

Amazon, Google pay the piper
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The events of this week perfectly encapsulate the variety of worker and workplace-related struggles happening in the tech industry. Google settled some discrimination allegations with the Department of Labor, Amazon agreed to settle a complaint with the FTC over stolen tips from Flex workers and the Alphabet Workers Union filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board. It was quite the week so let’s get to it.

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The Fiji Times » Two Google engineers resign over firing of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru

The Fiji Times » Two Google engineers resign over firing of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru
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