Apple snaps up ex-Google AI leader who quit in the wake of Timnit Gebru’s firing

The Next Web
By Thomas MacaulayMay 4, 2021, 8:23 am149 pts
Apple has hired former Google AI scientist Samy Bengio, who resigned from the Big G following the controversial firing of ethics researcher Timnit Gebru. Bengio will lead a new AI research unit and report to fellow ex-Googler John Giannandrea, Reuters reports. In his role at Google, Bengio oversaw hundreds of…

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