Google CEO Sundar Pichai apologizes for Timnit Gebru controversy but not her firing
Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Google CEO Sundar Pichai addressed the controversial departure of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru in an email to staff on Wednesday. We need to accept responsibility for the fact that a prominent Black, female leader with immense talent left Google unhappily," he wrote. News of the email was first published by Axios.
While Pichai did not say Gebru was fired as she and many others have claimed, he promised to review the steps that led to her leaving the company. We need to assess the circumstances that led up to Dr. Gebru's departure, examining where we could have improved and led a more respectful process," he wrote.
He also apologized for how Gebru's departure had led some in our community to question their place at Google" and...