Timnit Gebru

About

Founded DAIR after her Google exit; centers present-day harms and views x-risk discourse as a distraction from accountability.

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• Chris Hayes — Host, All In; host, Why Is This Happening?, MS NOW

  • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · May 2026 — Gebru appeared as a guest on Hayes' 'The AI End Game' WITHpod miniseries discussing what large language models are missing and bias in AI systems.

• Karen Hao — Independent journalist and author of Empire of AI, Independent

  • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified · May 20, 2025 — A chapter of Empire of AI is devoted to Gebru's ouster from Google over AI ethics research warnings.

• Casey Newton — Founder, Platformer; co-host, Hard Fork, Platformer

  • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified · Dec 3, 2020 — Newton broke reporting on the internal email dispute that led to Gebru's firing from Google's Ethical AI team (older than 24mo window but a defining touchpoint).