The firing of Dr.Timnit Gebru, AlphaFold, and Unions Against AI

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

This week:

• Google Researcher Says She Was Fired Over Paper Highlighting Bias in A.I.
• AlphaFold: a solution to a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology
• Labor Unions Work to Find Ways to Bargain With AI's Black Box

0:00 - 0:40 Intro
0:40 - 4:40 News Summary segment
4:40 News Discussion segment

Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup:  https://lastweekin.ai/p/94

Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)