(CNN Business) Google is making changes to the leadership of its responsible artificial intelligence efforts months after the contentious departure of prominent Black artificial intelligence researcher Timnit Gebru rattled the company. Ten teams centered around AI ethics, fairness, and accessibility — including the Ethical AI team, which Gebru had previously helped lead — will report to her. Until early December, when she abruptly left the company , Gebru was the co-leader of Google's Ethical AI team. Google GOOG Gebru's sudden exit sparked anger among many Google employees and others in the tech industry that continues to simmer months later, often exhibited via emotional posts on Twitter. Earlier this month, two Google employees quit over Gebru's exit , and Margaret Mitchell, a Google researcher who until Gebru's abrupt departure co-led the group with her, was put on administrative leave in January, as she confirmed to CNN Business at the time.

Source: CNN February 18, 2021 21:45 UTC