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Google pledges changes to research oversight after internal revolt

Google Research executives said they were working to regain trust after the company ousted two prominent women and rejected their work

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Alphabet Inc’s Google will change procedures before July for reviewing its scientists’ work, according to a town hall recording heard by Reuters, part of an effort to quell internal tumult over the integrity of its artificial intelligence research.
 
In remarks at a staff meeting last Friday, Google Research executives said they were working to regain trust after the company ousted two prominent women and rejected their work, according to an hour-long recording, the content of which was confirmed by two sources in the know.
 

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