Archives for Google AI Ethics

07 Jan

Former co-leader of Google’s Ethical AI team, Timnit Gebru, thinks that AI needs to slow down

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    AI for hate speech
On May 18 2021, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the rollout of LaMDA, a large language model (LLM) system that can chat with its users on any subject. This is an example of how language technologies are becoming enmeshed in the linguistic infrastructure of the internet, despite the unresolved ethical debates surrounding these cutting-edge systems.  […]
07 Jan

Former co-leader of Google’s Ethical AI team, Timnit Gebru, thinks that AI needs to slow down

image-29929
image-29929
    AI for hate speech
On May 18 2021, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the rollout of LaMDA, a large language model (LLM) system that can chat with its users on any subject. This is an example of how language technologies are becoming enmeshed in the linguistic infrastructure of the internet, despite the unresolved ethical debates surrounding these cutting-edge systems.  […]
22 Feb

A Surprise Appointment & An Expulsion: Drama Continues To Unfold At Google AI

    Google AI Ethics

An(other) AI ethics researcher has been fired a day after Google announced a major rejig of its responsible AI team with Marian Croak as the new chief. Margaret Mitchell broke the news on Twitter saying, ‘I’m fired’. Google’s official statement said Mitchell was fired over the unauthorised sharing of confidential information to outsiders. Like Timnit…

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22 Feb

A Surprise Appointment & An Expulsion: Drama Continues To Unfold At Google AI

    Google AI Ethics

An(other) AI ethics researcher has been fired a day after Google announced a major rejig of its responsible AI team with Marian Croak as the new chief. Margaret Mitchell broke the news on Twitter saying, ‘I’m fired’. Google’s official statement said Mitchell was fired over the unauthorised sharing of confidential information to outsiders. Like Timnit…

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