Black and Queer AI Groups Say They’ll Spurn Google Funding

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In a joint statement released Monday, Black in AI, Queer in AI, and Widening NLP stated they acted to object Googles treatment of its previous ethical AI group leaders Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell, as well as previous recruiter April Christina Curley, a Black queer woman.”In the declaration, the groups back calls made in March by present and former Google staff members for academic conferences to reject Google financing and for policymakers to enact more powerful whistleblower protections for AI researchers.This is the very first time in the short history of each of the 3 organizations that they have turned down funding from a sponsor.Mondays statement marks the most current fallout in response to Googles treatment of Black people and females and accusations of interference in research study documents about AI slated for publication at academic conferences.In March, organizers of the Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT) conference turned down Google financing, 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 woman faculty member at the University of California Berkeleys department of electrical engineering and computer science, dedicated last year to not taking money from Google to lessen the businesss sway over AI research.

In a joint statement released Monday, Black in AI, Queer in AI, and Widening NLP said they acted to protest Googles treatment of its former ethical AI team leaders Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell, as well as former recruiter April Christina Curley, a Black queer lady.”In the declaration, the groups endorse calls made in March by previous and existing Google staff members for scholastic conferences to turn down Google funding and for policymakers to enact stronger whistleblower protections for AI researchers.This is the very first time in the short history of each of the 3 organizations that they have actually turned down funding from a sponsor.Mondays statement marks the newest fallout in response to Googles treatment of Black individuals and females and accusations of disturbance in research papers about AI slated for publication at academic conferences.In March, organizers of the Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT) conference turned down Google financing, 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 woman faculty member at the University of California Berkeleys department of electrical engineering and computer science, committed last year to not taking money from Google to lessen the companys sway over AI research study.