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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Gebru's departure from Google, where she was co-lead of the ethical artificial intelligence (AI) team, was precipitated by a paper she co-authored. ... At the last minute, Google refused to allow the paper to be published with its name on it. Gebru drew a line in the sand, saying she'd only comply if certain conditions were met; otherwise, she'd resign, Technology Review reports. The company swiftly responded by saying it accepted her resignation.
After Google demanded that Gebru retract the paper for not meeting the company's bar for publication, Gebru asked that the process be explained to her, including a list of everyone who was part of the decision. If Google refused, Gebru said she would talk to her manager about "a last date." Google took that to mean Gebru offered to resign immediately, and Google leadership say they accepted, but Gebru herself said no such offer was ever extended, only threatened.
After she and the other researchers submitted the paper to an academic conference, Dr. Gebru said, a Google manager demanded that she either retract the paper from the conference or remove her name and the names of the other Google employees. She refused to do so without further discussion and, in the email sent Tuesday evening, said she would resign after an appropriate amount of time if the company could not explain why it wanted her to retract the paper and answer other concerns. The company responded to her email, she said, by saying it could not meet her demands and that her resignation was accepted immediately. Her access to company email and other services was immediately revoked. In his note to employees, Mr. Dean said Google respected "her decision to resign". Mr. Dean also said that the paper did not acknowledge recent research showing ways of mitigating bias in such systems.
After she and the other researchers submitted the paper to an academic conference, Dr. Gebru said, a Google manager demanded that she either retract the paper from the conference or remove her name and the names of the other Google employees. She refused to do so without further discussion and, in the email sent Tuesday evening, said she would resign after an appropriate amount of time if the company could not explain why it wanted her to retract the paper and answer other concerns. The company responded to her email, she said, by saying it could not meet her demands and that her resignation was accepted immediately. Her access to company email and other services was immediately revoked. In his note to employees, Mr. Dean said Google respected "her decision to resign". Mr. Dean also said that the paper did not acknowledge recent research showing ways of mitigating bias in such systems.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)After Google demanded that Gebru retract the paper for not meeting the company's bar for publication, Gebru asked that the process be explained to her, including a list of everyone who was part of the decision. If Google refused, Gebru said she would talk to her manager about "a last date." Google took that to mean Gebru offered to resign immediately, and Google leadership say they accepted, but Gebru herself said no such offer was ever extended, only threatened.
Gebru's departure from Google, where she was co-lead of the ethical artificial intelligence (AI) team, was precipitated by a paper she co-authored. ... At the last minute, Google refused to allow the paper to be published with its name on it. Gebru drew a line in the sand, saying she'd only comply if certain conditions were met; otherwise, she'd resign, Technology Review reports. The company swiftly responded by saying it accepted her resignation.