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Timnit Gebru: Google staff rally behind fired AI researcher – Yahoo News Australia
Timnit Gebru, a critic of some of the firm’s policies, says she was dismissed over an internal email.
Google AI Research Scientist Timnit Gebru speaks onstage at a 2018 conference
Hundreds of Google staff have signed a letter backing a leading AI ethics researcher who was sacked by Google.
Timnit Gebru says she was fired after sending an internal email that accused Google of “silencing marginalised voices”.
Hundreds of colleagues have signed a letter accusing the search giant of racism and censorship, while Twitter users have rallied around Ms Gebru using the hashtag #BelieveBlackWomen.
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