Former worker slams Google CEO’s transparency claims

Final month there was fairly an uproar over Google reportedly firing an worker. Timnit Gebru, who labored as AI ethics researcher was requested to go away after a dispute over a analysis paper she had co-authored. The sacking of Gebru led to questions over range and ethics points at Google. Lately, Google CEO Sundar Pichai was requested in regards to the matter on the World Financial Discussion board and he mentioned that Google is much more clear than different corporations. “We’re much more clear than most different corporations, and so that you do see us in the course of these points,” he mentioned. Pichai mentioned that “we have to get higher as an organization, we’re dedicated to doing so, however I have a look at the state of how we method this and I’m assured in regards to the effort we’re placing into it and our dedication to do higher right here over time.”
Pichai’s remarks haven’t gone down effectively with Gebru, who in a sequence of tweets hit out on the Google CEO. At Davos @sundarpichai will get a query about me & he talks about how Google is a pacesetter in AI ethics & how they “permit debate.” You’re a chief in gaslighting…” she mentioned in a tweet.

She additional accused of being harassed at Google. “They lied, gaslit, subjected me to harassment, stalking, assaults on-line towards me & crew with near ZERO Black ppl on this house at Google the place ones who had been there left one after the other…[sic.]” she famous in one other tweet.
Gebru posted a sequence of tweets about what all she needed to undergo and rebuffed Pichai’s claims of “permitting debate.” “However I perceive how out of your place of privilege you’d take into account this “permitting debate”. These used to treating Black girls like trash and basking of their privilege would take into account even having to reply this query from a reporter “debate.” These persons are unreal, [sic.]” she additional tweeted.