Black and Queer AI Groups Say They’ll Spurn Google Funding
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$39.99 (as of 18:38 GMT +00:00 - More infoProduct prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.)In a joint declaration released Monday, Black in AI, Queer in AI, and Widening NLP said they acted to oppose Googles treatment of its former ethical AI group leaders Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell, as well as former recruiter April Christina Curley, a Black queer woman.”In the declaration, the groups back calls made in March by existing and former Google employees for academic conferences to reject Google financing and for policymakers to enact stronger whistleblower securities for AI researchers.This is the very first time in the short history of each of the three organizations that they have turned down funding from a sponsor.Mondays statement marks the latest fallout in response to Googles treatment of Black people and females and accusations of disturbance in research papers about AI slated for publication at scholastic conferences.In March, organizers of the Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT) conference turned down Google funding, and researcher Luke Stark turned down $60,000 in Google funding.”Black in AI cofounder Rediet Abebe, who will end up being the first Black faculty member at University of California Berkeleys department of electrical engineering and computer system science, dedicated last year to not taking cash from Google to lessen the companys sway over AI research study.
In a joint declaration released Monday, Black in AI, Queer in AI, and Widening NLP said they acted to object Googles treatment of its previous ethical AI team leaders Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell, as well as former recruiter April Christina Curley, a Black queer woman.”In the statement, the groups endorse calls made in March by present and former Google workers for scholastic conferences to decline Google financing and for policymakers to enact stronger whistleblower protections for AI researchers.This is the first time in the brief history of each of the three companies that they have actually turned down financing from a sponsor.Mondays statement marks the most current fallout in response to Googles treatment of Black individuals and women and accusations of disturbance in research study papers about AI slated for publication at academic conferences.In March, organizers of the Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT) conference turned down Google funding, and researcher Luke Stark turned down $60,000 in Google financing.”Black in AI cofounder Rediet Abebe, who will end up being the very first Black professors member at University of California Berkeleys department of electrical engineering and computer science, committed last year to not taking money from Google to decrease the companys sway over AI research.