Discussion

• @timnitgebru Timnit Gebru on x

  Guess what? @mmitchell_ai's corp access is now locked. I'm wondering if she's going to get an email to her personal email accepting her “resignation.” I have not seen a company that has this little shame in a while.

• @timnitgebru Timnit Gebru on x

  She's not fired **yet**. But apparently they've told her she will be locked out for at least a few days. https://twitter.com/...

• @alphabetworkers @alphabetworkers on x

  The Alphabet Workers Union is concerned by Google's actions against member Margaret Mitchell. The continued targeting of leaders of the Ethical AI team calls into question Google's commitment to ethics. Read our full statement: https://alphabetworkersunion.org/ ...

• @inafried Ina Fried on x

  Breaking: Google alleges the email account belonging to @mmitchell_ai downloaded thousands of documents and shared them with external recipients, says it is investigating. The investigation of Mitchell follows the forced exit of @timnitGebru. https://www.axios.com/...

• @timnitgebru Timnit Gebru on x

  Who knows why but anyone in the Ethical AI team who has their corp access suddenly locked is going to wonder if there's an email to their personal address following. I'm hoping this is *not* the case and that its a logistical thing. But thats not the first thing I'm thinking. htt…

• @shaft Leslie Miley on x

  When a company shows you who they are, believe them. @mmitchell_ai I'm sorry to see this happen to #whistleblowers https://twitter.com/...

• @databoydg Devin Guillory on x

  When they invite you to dinner, but make you sit in the back. https://twitter.com/...

• @blackamazon @blackamazon on x

  Sooo again the issue with the AI may be that it's happening under the society and conditions that made it .. not the science itself https://twitter.com/...

• @hnshah Hiten Shah on x

  If this can happen to Google, it can happen to any company. https://twitter.com/...

• @ibjiyongi @ibjiyongi on x

  Google is back at it 😒 https://twitter.com/...

• @shannonvallor Shannon Vallor on x

  '"Should Google fire Mitchell, it will mean the company has effectively chosen to behead its own AI ethics team in under two months." I don't know wtf is going on over there but I know @mmitchell_ai has given so much to this field and to Google itself that this is madness https:/…

• @histoftech Mar Hicks on x

  Goog le seems to be in the midst of resignating all their AI ethicists who ethics too hard👁👁 https://twitter.com/...

• @dinabass Dina Bass on x

  Two months after Google dismissed one co-head of ethical AI @timnitGebru, Google has now sidelined the other, @mmitchell_ai https://www.bloomberg.com/... With @NicoAGrant

• @dan_p_simpson Elaine Stritch on x

  “According to a source, Mitchell had been using automated scripts to look through her messages to find examples showing discriminatory treatment of Gebru before her account was locked.” This isn't what the headline suggests. https://twitter.com/...

• @daniel_rubino Daniel Rubino on x

  Big yikes on this. https://twitter.com/...

• @ptullochott Paul Tulloch on x

  Taking a stand to change the course of history of AI within the machine has now cost 2 of my friends their jobs. @GoogleAI you are not bigger than government- you will be regulated- firing key people just makes you a bigger target. @mmitchell_ai @timnitGebru https://twitter.com/.…

• @william_fitz William Fitzgerald on x

  For every reporter who asks a corporation a question about a worker and gets a “we don't comment on personnel matters” response, remember this effort to attack and malign this woman. They comment when it suits them. https://twitter.com/...

• @lesliemac Leslie Mac on x

  Oh so they are escalating this. Got it. https://twitter.com/...

• @juliacarriew Julia Carrie Wong on x

  do they think she stole their ethics? https://twitter.com/...

• @inafried Ina Fried on x

  Update: here's a bit more. According to a source, Mitchell had been using automated scripts to look through Google messages for examples showing discriminatory treatment of Gebru before her account was locked.