{"id":183541,"date":"2021-02-20T01:26:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T22:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/google-fired-margaret-mitchell-its-ethical-ai-team-founder\/"},"modified":"2021-02-20T01:26:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T22:26:23","slug":"google-fired-margaret-mitchell-its-ethical-ai-team-founder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-fired-margaret-mitchell-its-ethical-ai-team-founder\/","title":{"rendered":"#Google fired Margaret Mitchell, its Ethical AI Team founder"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Google fired Margaret Mitchell, its Ethical AI Team founder<\/strong>”
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\n Google has evidently fired the founder and co-lead of its Ethical AI team, Margaret Mitchell.<\/p>\n

This comes after weeks of being locked out of her work accounts over an investigation related to Mitchell\u2019s objections concerning the controversial firing of her fellow co-lead Timnit Gebru.<\/p>\n

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I’m fired.<\/p>\n

\u2014 MMitchell (@mmitchell_ai) February 19, 2021<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to a Google spokesperson, the investigation into Mitchell concerned alleged sharing of internal company files:<\/p>\n

Our security systems automatically lock an employee\u2019s corporate account when they detect that the account is at risk of compromise due to credential problems or when an automated rule involving the handling of sensitive data has been triggered. In this instance, yesterday our systems detected that an account had exfiltrated thousands of files and shared them with multiple external accounts. We explained this to the employee earlier today.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The firing of Timnit Gebru sent shockwaves throughout the AI community. It\u2019s been widely viewed as a move to remove voices of dissent when those voices, world renowned ethicists hired specifically to investigate and oversee the ethical development and deployment of Google\u2019s AI systems, don\u2019t say what the company wants to hear.<\/p>\n

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Meg Mitchell, lead of the Ethical AI team has been fired. She got an email to her personal email. After locking her out for 5 weeks. <\/p>\n

There are many words I can say right now. I’m glad to know that people don’t fall for any of their bull. <\/p>\n

To the VPs at google, I pity you.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Timnit Gebru (@timnitGebru) February 19, 2021<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Details are still coming in, but it app<\/a>ears as though Mitchell\u2019s been let go as the result of Google\u2019s investigation.<\/p>\n

Update 2:38PM PST 19 February:<\/strong>\u00a0Google\u2019s official statement on the matter, per this Axios article<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAfter conducting a review of this manager\u2019s conduct, we confirmed that there were multiple violations of our code of conduct, as well as of our security policies, which included the exfiltration of confidential business-sensitive documents and private data of other employees.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Published February 19, 2021 \u2014 22:26 UTC\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n