<story><title>Margaret Mitchell fired from Google</title><url>https://www.axios.com/google-fires-another-ai-ethics-leader-6ef7dcd5-4583-4396-b5b3-129547ff3091.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>marricks</author><text>It’s pretty cool we can just take Google at it’s word after a 5 week investigation with literally no details coming out.&lt;p&gt;Google also decided to drop this bombshell on a Friday the same day they are announcing a  rebranded ethics team. It’s clear they wanted to bury this story and the leaders of the old team.&lt;p&gt;I for one don’t plan to in any way give Google the benefit of the doubt here...</text></item><item><author>Crash0v3rid3</author><text>“After conducting a review of this manager’s conduct, we confirmed that there were multiple violations of our code of conduct, as well as of our security policies, which included the exfiltration of confidential business-sensitive documents and private data of other employees,” a Google spokesman said in a statement.&lt;p&gt;This feels pretty cut and dry to me.  Meg exported business material from the company. That a fire-able offense at any company.&lt;p&gt;I feel bad for her but I honestly don’t understand why she is even surprised she got fired.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>totalZero</author><text>Some of these &amp;quot;AI ethics researchers&amp;quot; seem like wingnuts, and their profession appears to serve more of a PR purpose than a business purpose. What am I missing? Why are they so essential? Are these people the canaries in the coal mine, or do they simply exist because of paranoia and political correctness?</text></comment>
<story><title>Margaret Mitchell fired from Google</title><url>https://www.axios.com/google-fires-another-ai-ethics-leader-6ef7dcd5-4583-4396-b5b3-129547ff3091.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>marricks</author><text>It’s pretty cool we can just take Google at it’s word after a 5 week investigation with literally no details coming out.&lt;p&gt;Google also decided to drop this bombshell on a Friday the same day they are announcing a  rebranded ethics team. It’s clear they wanted to bury this story and the leaders of the old team.&lt;p&gt;I for one don’t plan to in any way give Google the benefit of the doubt here...</text></item><item><author>Crash0v3rid3</author><text>“After conducting a review of this manager’s conduct, we confirmed that there were multiple violations of our code of conduct, as well as of our security policies, which included the exfiltration of confidential business-sensitive documents and private data of other employees,” a Google spokesman said in a statement.&lt;p&gt;This feels pretty cut and dry to me.  Meg exported business material from the company. That a fire-able offense at any company.&lt;p&gt;I feel bad for her but I honestly don’t understand why she is even surprised she got fired.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>JamesBarney</author><text>1. Lying about why an employee fired in an easily verified way is a huge unforced error.  We can probably assume Google is not that incompetent.&lt;p&gt;2. She hasn&amp;#x27;t denied the accusations.</text></comment>