Google research manager resigns amid fallout from fired AI researchers

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Samy Bengio was a 'strong advocate' of both Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell

Google research manager Samy Bengio has announced that he is resigning from Google 'to pursue other exciting opportunities' - a move that has been linked to the removal of AI researchers Timnit Geb...

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