Leading artificial intelligence scholar Timnit Gebru has helped improve Google’s public image as a company that elevates black computer scientists and challenges harmful uses of AI technology. But internally, Gebru, a leader in AI ethics, didn’t shy away from casting doubts about those commitments – until she was kicked out of the company this week in a dispute over a research paper examining the societal dangers of an emerging branch of AI. Gebru announced on Twitter that she had been fired. Google told employees she had quit. More than 1,200…

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