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Fallout continues over Google’s ouster of research scientist Timnit Gebru, who helped lead the company’s Ethical AI research team. Kimberly White/Getty Images for TechCrunch hide caption toggle caption Kimberly White/Getty… Source link

Google’s search page is displayed on a laptop in an arranged photograph taken in New York on July 24. The tech giant was hit by a lawsuit from 38 attorneys general on Thursday, the third major legal challenge against Google in two months. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide… Source link

Inside Google, tensions are growing weeks after the company fired a high-profile Black researcher. Questions are still simmering about whether Google can tolerate dissent and criticism. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Google employees are demanding the company rehire and promote a Black research scientist who spoke out for more women and people of color. As NPR’s Bobby Allyn reports, her ouster has led many inside and outside the company to question whether… 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

Attorneys general led by Texas have been investigating Google’s powerful role in the digital advertising market. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images … Source link

Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Wednesday apologized to the company in the aftermath of the dismissal of a prominent Black artificial intelligence researcher. LM Otero/AP hide caption toggle caption LM Otero/AP … Source link

Former Google AI Research Scientist Timnit Gebru speaks here in September 2018. Gebru says she was abruptly fired from the tech giant after a dispute involving a research paper. Kimberly White/Getty Images for TechCrunch hide caption toggle caption … Source link

Google has been rocked by activism among employees who have grown increasingly critical of the company in recent years over issues ranging from sexual harassment to contracts with the U.S. government. Noah Berger/AP hide caption toggle caption … Source link

The Justice Department says Google CEO Sundar Pichai (left) met privately with Apple chief Tim Cook in 2018 to discuss how their two companies could collaborate. Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption … Source link

The Justice Department alleges Google has an illegal monopoly in search, setting up the biggest confrontation with a tech giant in more than 20 years. Don Ryan/AP hide caption toggle caption Don Ryan/AP