San Francisco, Dec 4 (Ians) Google has abruptly fired Timnit Gebru, one of the top artificial intelligence (AI) researchers at the company, allegedly for not retracting a research paper she wrote with four fellow Googlers that needed to go through the internal review process.
Famous for her work on algorithmic bias, particularly in facial recognition technology, Gebru who was the technical co-lead of Google's Ethical Artificial Intelligence Team took to Twitter to explain why she has been fired.
"Apparently my manager's manager sent an email my direct reports saying she accepted my resignation. I hadn't resigned -- I had asked for simple conditions first and said I would respond when I'm back from vacation. But I guess she decided for me :) that's the lawyer speak," she said in a tweet on Thursday.
According to Megan Kacholia, vice president of engineering at Google Research, Gebru could not meet the conditions and...
Famous for her work on algorithmic bias, particularly in facial recognition technology, Gebru who was the technical co-lead of Google's Ethical Artificial Intelligence Team took to Twitter to explain why she has been fired.
"Apparently my manager's manager sent an email my direct reports saying she accepted my resignation. I hadn't resigned -- I had asked for simple conditions first and said I would respond when I'm back from vacation. But I guess she decided for me :) that's the lawyer speak," she said in a tweet on Thursday.
According to Megan Kacholia, vice president of engineering at Google Research, Gebru could not meet the conditions and...
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