Google fires another AI Ethics lead while promising to do better
(Android Central)

Nothing about Google`s ethics seems right here. What you need to know Margaret Mitchell has just been fired from Google, just a few months after Timnit Gebru was dismissed. The dismissal comes just a day after Google announced a new AI head and restructuring of its teams. Google also announced that it`s reworking some of its policies. Google has just fired its former AI Ethics lead, Margaret Mitchell, after conducting an internal investigation on actions it deemed violated its code of conduct (via Axios). She announced the dismissal in a tweet on Friday. I`m fired.— MMitchell (@mmitchell_ai) February 19, 2021 The development comes after Mitchell was locked out of her corporate account for a month while still employed at the company. She had attempted to search corporate email for examples of discrimination against former AI Ethics lead, Timnit Gebru, who was dismissed late last year following her criticism of Google`s AI technologies that are found in many applications and...