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A firing roils Google

Why the departure of Timnit Gebru matters

Casey Newton

Casey Newton

Dec 3, 2020 — 10 min read
A firing roils Google

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Grammarly turned me into an AI editor against my will and I hate it

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The Anthropic wordmark on a white background, shown on a smartphone in a person's hand against a backdrop of code on a monitor

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What is OpenAI going to do when the truth comes out?

Sam Altman’s deal with the Pentagon seems too good to be true. What happens when the public realizes that?

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