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By Paresh Dave, Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google fired staff scientist Margaret Mitchell on Friday, they both said, a move that fanned company divisions on academic freedom and diversity that were on display since its December dismissal of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru. FILE PHOTO: The Google sign is shown on one of the company’s office buildings in Irvine, California, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Google said in a statement Mitchell violated the… Source link

Google is changing its policies related to research and diversity after completing an internal investigation into the firing of ethical AI team co-leader Timnit Gebru, according to Axios. The company intends to tie the pay of certain executives to diversity and inclusivity goals. It’s also making changes to how sensitive employee exits are managed. Although Google did not reveal the results of the investigation, the changes seem to be direct responses to how the situation with Gebru… Source link

Google confirmed Marian Croak, one of its few black executives, will manage 10 teams, including a dozen scientists studying the ethical considerations of automated technologies known as AI Reuters | February 19, 2021 | Updated 12:17 IST Alphabet Inc’s Google on Thursday named Marian Croak, one of its few black executives, to oversee research on responsible artificial intelligence (AI) after weeks of internal anger over its firing of a prominent Black scientist. Google confirmed Croak will… Source link

The logos of Google and several of its applications are displayed on a computer screen. Chesnot | Getty Images Alphabet Inc’s Google on Thursday named Marian Croak, one of its few Black executives, to oversee research on responsible artificial intelligence (AI) after weeks of internal anger over its firing of a prominent Black scientist. Google confirmed Croak will manage 10 teams, including a dozen scientists studying the ethical considerations of automated technologies known as AI. Ethical AI… Source link

By Paresh Dave, Jeffrey Dastin FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen in Davos, Switzerland Januar 20, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google on Thursday named Marian Croak, one of its few Black executives, to oversee research on responsible artificial intelligence (AI) after weeks of internal anger over its firing of a prominent Black scientist. Google confirmed Croak will manage 10 teams, including a dozen scientists studying the ethical… Source link

HERNDON, Va., Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Foundation Direct, a new technology and consulting company offering automotive marketers an industry-leading option to “Go Direct” with their digital advertising, is pleased to announce Michael Heidner as their new VP of Strategy and Business Development. Mike joins Foundation Direct from Google, where he led… Source link

(Bloomberg) — The bounty hunter of Wall Street has finally met his match. Andrew Left, who’s taken on everything from drug companies to Chinese real estate firms, said his Citron Research will no longer publish short selling research, ending the firm’s two-decade run as one of Wall Street’s best-known contrarians. Citron will instead focus on what may seem like the only logical move in a world of ever-rising equity markets and low interest rates: long bets. “Twenty years ago I started… Source link

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Google says it believes hackers backed by the North Korean government have been posing as computer security bloggers and using fake accounts on social media while attempting to steal information from researchers in the field. Google didn’t specify how successful the hackers were or what kind of information could have been compromised. Experts say the attacks reflect North Korean efforts to improve its cyber skills and be able to breach widely used computer… Source link

After connecting with researchers, the hackers would ask them if they wanted to collaborate on cyber-vulnerability research and share a tool that contained a code designed to install malicious software on the targets’ computers, which would then allow the hackers to take control of the device and steal information from it. Several targeted researchers were compromised after following a Twitter link to a blog set up by the hackers, Weidemann said. “At the time of these visits, the victim… Source link

After connecting with researchers, the hackers would ask them if they wanted to collaborate on cyber-vulnerability research and share a tool that contained a code designed to install malicious software on the targets’ computers, which would then allow the hackers to take control of the device and steal information from it. Several targeted researchers were compromised after following a Twitter link to a blog set up by the hackers, Weidemann said. “At the time of these visits, the victim… Source link