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Tuesday 29 March 2022

Insider Q&A: Ex-Google AI skeptic

Timnit Gebru starts anew

people seem to be more
aware about the harms —
they are increasing rather
than decreasing. We've
been talking about face
recognition and surveil-
lance based on this tech-
nology for a long time. There
are some wins: a number
of cities and municipalities
have banned the use of
facial recognition by law
enforcement, for instance.
But then the government is
using all of these technolo-
Timnit Gebru poses for a phots in Stanford, Calif., Monday, gies that we've been warn-
March 21, 2022. ing about. q
Associated Press

By MATT O'BRIEN ited for length and clarity.
AP Technology Writer Q: What was the impetus
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