{"id":656355,"date":"2025-03-09T00:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T21:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/google-scrubs-mentions-of-diversity-and-equity-from-responsible-ai-team-webpage\/"},"modified":"2025-03-09T00:00:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T21:00:28","slug":"google-scrubs-mentions-of-diversity-and-equity-from-responsible-ai-team-webpage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-scrubs-mentions-of-diversity-and-equity-from-responsible-ai-team-webpage\/","title":{"rendered":"#Google scrubs mentions of ‘diversity’ and ‘equity’ from responsible AI team webpage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Google has quietly updated<\/a> the webpage<\/a> for its Responsible AI and Human Centered Technology<\/a> (RAI-HCT) team, the team charged with conducting research into AI safety, fairness, and explainability, to scrub mentions of \u201cdiversity\u201d and \u201cequity.\u201d<\/p>\n

A previous version of the page used language such as \u201cmarginalized communities,\u201d \u201cdiverse,\u201d \u201cunderrepresented groups,\u201d and \u201cequity\u201d to describe the RAI-HCT team\u2019s work. That language has been removed, or in some cases replaced with less specific wording (e.g. \u201call,\u201d \u201cvaried,\u201d and \u201cnumerous\u201d rather than \u201cdiverse\u201d) <\/p>\n

Google didn\u2019t immedia<\/a>tely respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n

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Date: Feb 26 \u2013 March 6, 2025
Company: @Google<\/a>
Change: Scrubbed mentions of diversity and equity from the mission descript<\/a>ion of their Responsible AI team. pic.twitter.com\/i9VvBcHMQ6<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Midas Project Watchtower (@SafetyChanges) March 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The changes, which were spotted by watchdog group The Midas Project, come after Google deleted similar language from its Startups Founders Fund\u00a0grant website. The company said in early February that it would eliminate its diversity hiring targets and review its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.<\/p>\n

Google is among the many big tech companies\u00a0that have rolled back DEI initiatives as the Trump Administration targets what it characterizes as an \u201cillegal<\/a>\u201d practice.\u00a0Amazon and\u00a0Meta\u00a0have walked back DEI measures over the past few months, and OpenAI\u00a0recently removed mentions of diversity and inclusion from a webpage on its hiring practices. Apple, however, recently pushed back against a shareholder proposal to end its DEI programs.<\/p>\n

Many of these companies, including Google, have contracts with federal agencies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n