Google will investigate what led to AI researcher's exit, CEO says
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Sundar Pichai apologizes for how Timnit Gebru's departure seeded doubts' at Google
The CEO of Google has apologized for how a prominent artificial intelligence researcher's abrupt departure last week has seeded doubts" in the company.
Sundar Pichai told Google employees in a Wednesday memo, obtained by Axios, that the tech company was beginning a review of the circumstances leading up to Timnit Gebru's exit last week, and how Google could have led a more respectful process".
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