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Boston College coach Jim Christian watches from the sideline as the Eagles take on Rhode Island on Nov. 26, 2020. (David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports) Boston College is parting ways with men’s basketball coach Jim Christian, who will end his tenure there with no NCAA tournament appearances after seven years and just one winning season. Christian’s record in seven seasons at BC is 78-132, a run that includes a 26-94 record in the ACC. Boston College is 3-13 and 1-9 in conference play this… Source link

An engineering director and a software developer have quit Alphabet’s Google over the dismissal of AI researcher Timnit Gebru, a sign of the ongoing conflicts at the search giant over diversity and ethics. David Baker, a director focused on user safety, left Google last month after 16 years because Gebru’s exit “extinguished my desire to continue as a Googler,” he said in a letter seen by Reuters. Baker added, “We cannot say we believe in diversity, and then ignore the conspicuous… Source link

Fox Business Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. An engineering director and a software developer have quit Alphabet Inc’s Google over the dismissal of AI researcher Timnit Gebru, a sign of the ongoing conflicts at the search giant over diversity and ethics. David Baker, a director focused on user safety, left Google last month after 16 years because Gebru’s exit “extinguished my desire to continue as a Googler,” he said in a letter seen by… Source link

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By Jeffrey Dastin, Paresh Dave FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: An illuminated Google logo is seen inside an office building in Zurich, Switzerland December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – An engineering director and a software developer have quit Alphabet Inc’s Google over the dismissal of AI researcher Timnit Gebru, a sign of the ongoing conflicts at the search giant over diversity and ethics. David Baker, a director focused on user safety, left Google last month after 16… Source link

Everything is bigger in Texas, the old axiom goes. The oil wells, the pickup trucks and the cowboy hats. It’s a place where value is placed on size, a swaggering old ethos that’s often a way of life. At the University of Texas, the school and athletic department began a gamble on Saturday that’s one of the biggest in recent years. They are potentially paying more than $24 million in buyout money to fire coach Tom Herman and his staff. That doesn’t count a dime for the incoming staff,… Source link

Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. On Wednesday, members of the company’s prominent Ethical AI research team wrote a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai asking that ousted researcher Timnit Gebru be rehired. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption … Source link

By Jeffrey Dastin, Paresh Dave FILE PHOTO: A Google sign is shown at one of the company’s office complexes in Irvine, California, U.S., July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo (Reuters) – Staff on Google’s Ethical AI research team on Wednesday demanded the company sideline a vice president and commit to greater academic freedom, escalating a confrontation with management following this month’s termination of scientist Timnit Gebru. The personnel called on Vice President Megan Kacholia… Source link

Google’s dismissal of a top artificial intelligence researcher vocal about the company’s failures to address the lack of diversity in its workforce has drawn sharp new scrutiny of its treatment of Black employees, particularly women. Timnit Gebru says she was fired via email after refusing to retract a research paper that asked tough questions about a type of artificial intelligence, including Google’s use of it. Jeff Dean, Google’s executive in charge of AI, told employees in an… Source link