Google AI head apologizes for dismissal of top researcher as company announces new diversity policies | TheHill - The Hill

Feb 20, 2021

Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc., sent an email to employees on Friday outlining the changes, a person familiar with the situation told Bloomberg News.

Dean acknowledged that Google’s handling of Gebru hurt some female and Black employees and led them to question whether they belonged. However, Dean did not apologize directly to Gebru in the email.

At the time, Dean pushed back on the notion that she was fired and shared an email saying that the company accepted her resignation.

“I write an email asking for things, I get fired, and then after a 3 month investigation, they say they should probably do some of the things I presumably got fired asking for, without holding anyone accountable for their actions.”.

I write an email asking for things, I get fired, and then after a 3 month investigation, they say they should probably do some of the things I presumably got fired asking for, without holding anyone accountable for their actions