Apple stated on Monday it has employed former distinguished Google scientist Samy Bengio, who left the search large amid turmoil in its synthetic intelligence analysis division. Bengio is predicted to steer a brand new AI analysis unit at Apple beneath John Giannandrea, senior vp of machine studying and AI technique, two folks accustomed to the matter stated. Giannandrea joined Apple in 2018 after spending about eight years at Google.
Apple declined to touch upon Bengio’s position. Bengio didn’t reply to a request for remark. Bengio who left Google final week after about 14 years stated final month he was pursuing “different thrilling alternatives”. His decision followed Google’s firings in recent months of fellow scientists Margaret Mitchell after alleging she transferred electronic files out of the company and Timnit Gebru after she threatened to quit rather than retract a paper.
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Mitchell and Gebru had co-led a team researching ethics issues in AI, and had voiced concern about Google’s workplace diversity and approach to reviewing research. Bengio had expressed support for the pair. As one of the early leaders of the Google Brain research team, Bengio advanced the “deep learning” algorithms that underpin immediately’s AI programs for analyzing photographs, speech and different information.
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