Google Cloud and Liberty Global Forge Strategic AI Partnership to Transform European Telecom Services 
Sony Q3 Profit Jumps on Gaming and Image Sensors, Full-Year Outlook Raised 
Boeing Signals Progress on Delayed 777X Program With Planned April First Flight 
OpenAI Expands Enterprise AI Strategy With Major Hiring Push Ahead of New Business Offering 
Australian Scandium Project Backed by Richard Friedland Poised to Support U.S. Critical Minerals Stockpile 
Global PC Makers Eye Chinese Memory Chip Suppliers Amid Ongoing Supply Crunch 
SpaceX Pushes for Early Stock Index Inclusion Ahead of Potential Record-Breaking IPO 
Nasdaq Proposes Fast-Track Rule to Accelerate Index Inclusion for Major New Listings 
CK Hutchison Unit Launches Arbitration Against Panama Over Port Concessions Ruling 
Denso Cuts Profit Forecast Amid U.S. Tariffs and Rising Costs 
Baidu Approves $5 Billion Share Buyback and Plans First-Ever Dividend in 2026 
Instagram Outage Disrupts Thousands of U.S. Users 
TSMC Eyes 3nm Chip Production in Japan with $17 Billion Kumamoto Investment 
AMD Shares Slide Despite Earnings Beat as Cautious Revenue Outlook Weighs on Stock 
Qantas to Sell Jetstar Japan Stake as It Refocuses on Core Australian Operations 
CK Hutchison Launches Arbitration After Panama Court Revokes Canal Port Licences 
Google has been receiving resignation letters, and in fact, this week, two engineers have left their posts. It was learned that the reason for their decision to quit was the dismissal of their colleague, Timnit Gebru, an AI ethics researcher.
The workers who quit
As per Reuters, the two resigned after the workers asked for the company’s commitments to academic freedom as well as to reform Google’s research organization. It was said that the engineers’ departure is an indication of an ongoing internal conflict over ethics and diversity.
Vinesh Kannan, the company’s software engineer, revealed via a tweet that he left Google on Feb. 2. He also shared that his reason was the tech giant’s mistreatment of Timnit Gebru and April Christina Curley, a recruiter who was inappropriately ousted in 2020. The dismissed employees are Black.
“I left because of Google's mistreatment of @timnitGebr and @RealAbril crossed a personal red line I wrote down when I started the job,” he tweeted on Feb. 4. “I know I gained a lot from Google but I also gained a lot from both of their work, and they were wronged.”
The other one who quit was David Baker, a user-safety director; he left last month after working for Google for 16 years. He said that Gebru’s departure wiped out his desire to continue as a “Googler.”
“We cannot say we believe in diversity, and then ignore the conspicuous absence of many voices from within our walls,” he said.
Google was asked for comments but declined. However, it previously stated that it is looking to bring back its workers’ trust once the issues with Gebru and Curley are settled.
Who is Tinmit Gebru?
The person that pushed Kannan and Baker to resign was Google’s AI ethics team’s co-leader. She was terminated in December last year as a senior exec wants her to withdraw a paper she co-authored. In the paper, she argued that tech companies must do more to make sure that gender biases and derogatory language are not magnified by AI systems that are created to simulate human language.
The Guardian reported that Gebru’s firing sparked outrage, and Google workers demanded her reinstatement and issued an apology too. The employees sent a letter to their superior, but apparently, the higher office did not grant their wish.
