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A second ethics researcher fired by Google

2021-02-20T11:26:06.924Z


The founder of Google's ethics and artificial intelligence research team has been fired. A decision that is worth to the American giant


This is the second referral in a few weeks.

Margaret Mitchell, who founded Google's ethics and artificial intelligence research team, was "fired," she announced on Twitter on Friday, a month after her suspension which had already earned the tech giant criticism. .

In January, Margaret Mitchell was denied access to her professional account, weeks after the dismissal of a member of her team, Timnit Gebru.

Google accuses the researcher in ethics and artificial intelligence for having downloaded a large number of documents linked to her former colleague and then having shared them with outsiders.

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“After reviewing this manager's behavior, we confirmed that there were multiple breaches of our code of conduct, as well as our security regulations, including exfiltration of sensitive confidential documents and private data about other employees, ”said a spokesperson for the California group.

Google in the face of criticism

On January 19, two days before her suspension, the computer scientist publicly criticized the group's executive director, Sundar Pichai, on the subject of racism.

“Let's say you have a problem because you keep alienating black women and causing them significant harm,” she tweeted over a link to a CNN article titled "Google boss meets with black university leaders after accusations of racism."

“You can: A) try to right your wrongs;

B) try to find more black people to like you (the token and superficial approach).

Good luck… ".

Some leaders from the country's top historically Black colleges and universities are meeting virtually with Google CEO Sundar Pichai to discuss the future of their schools' relationships with the company in the wake of racism and sexism allegations https://t.co/i57r8vXRuV

- CNN Business (@CNNBusiness) January 19, 2021

"These are attacks against people who try to make Google's technology more ethical," responded a spokesman for the Alphabet Workers Union, the union recently formed by employees of the group, at the time of Margaret Mitchell's suspension.

Google is facing criticism because Margaret Mitchell accuses the company of forcing it to retract on search results.

By December, more than 1,400 Google employees and nearly 2,000 others had signed a letter calling on the company to explain why Timnit Gebru had been fired.

They also called on the Alphabet union to make an “unequivocal” commitment to research integrity and academic freedom.

Algorithms favoring discrimination

On Thursday, Google announced that Marian Croak, an African-American vice president of the group, had created "a new center of expertise on responsible AI" within Google's search arm.

According to the statement, she will be responsible for "ensuring that Google develops AI responsibly and that technology has a positive impact."

“There are a lot of conflicts right now in [the AI ​​field], and it can be divisive,” Marian Croak admitted in the statement.

“What I would like is to make these conversations more diplomatic, maybe, so that we can really make progress.

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Algorithms are accused by many associations of having perverse effects in different areas if they are not well calibrated, especially in terms of discrimination against minorities.

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