Artificial intelligence stalwart Bengio resigns amid Google diversity rumpus
Highest-profile employee yet to depart after firings of colleagues questioning hiring practices
07 April 2021 - 10:00
Google research manager Samy Bengio said on Tuesday he was resigning, according to an internal e-mail seen by Reuters, in a blow to the Alphabet unit after the firings of his colleagues who questioned paper review and diversity practices.
Though at least two Google engineers had earlier resigned in protest to the dismissal of artificial intelligence (AI) researcher Timnit Gebru, Bengio is the highest-profile employee yet to depart...
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