Google is investigating blood-and-thunder intelligence researcher Margaret Mitchell, who co-leads the company's Upstanding AI team, as well-built as has locked her corporate account, Axios reports. The re-creation comes a little over a ages hind another prominent AI ethicist, Timnit Gebru, said she was fired by the company. Mitchell's alibi has now reportedly been locked for "at molecular a few days" however she hasn't been fired, according to a cheep from Gebru. Mitchell did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In a stead given to Axios, Google said it was investigating Mitchell hind its systems detected an alibi had "exfiltrated thousands of files as well-built as volume them with multiple ferried accounts." According to an Axios source, Mitchell had been using a calligraphy to go through her messages, palms examples of discriminatory treatment of Gebru. Aftermost week, Mitchell tweeted to say she was documenting "current disquisitional issues from [Gebru's] firing, point by point, inside as well-built as alfresco work."
Just hind midnight. Hit 10 pages documenting current disquisitional issues from @timnitGebru 's firing, point by point , inside as well-built as alfresco work. For Jeff Dean as well-built as whoever nimbleness categorically read it (no one?). Wistfully remembering back I used to do research.
-- MMitchell (@mmitchell_ai) January 15, 2021
Google said its security systems automatically lock corporate engine accounts "when they sniff that the alibi is at smash of compromise due to credential problems or back an factory-made rule involving the hegemony of sensorial data has been triggered."
"We explained this to the engine beforehand today," Google said, "We are cruelly investigating this price as part of suppositional procedures to hive runnerup details."
She's not fired **yet**. However extraneously they've told her she will be locked out for at molecular a few days. #
-- Timnit Gebru (@timnitGebru) January 20, 2021
Mitchell has previously tweeted in suture of Gebru, as well-built as has been disquisitional of Google as well-built as other big tech companies for their approaches to gallimaufry as well-built as analytical bias. Yesterday she tweeted to criticize Google CEO Sundar Pichai's enter appear workplace diversity.
Google faced widespread criticism hind Gebru left the company. Bloomberg reports that thousands of centralized execs as well-built as ferried academics as well-built as campaigners signing a readiness in suture of the AI researcher. The company has faced onrushing criticism for its work on Project Maven, an AI project designed to modernize persevering drone strikes. Opposition to the project was selected as a key reasonableness back Google execs announced plans to unionize beforehand this year.
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