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Two Google engineers resign over firing of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru

An engineering director and a software developer have quit Alphabet Inc's Google over the dismissal of AI researcher Timnit Gebru, a sign of the ongoing conflicts at the search giant over diversity and ethics. David Baker left Google last month after 16 years because Gebru's exit "extinguished my desire to continue as a Googler.”

Baker added, "We cannot say we believe in diversity, and then ignore the conspicuous absence of many voices from within our walls."