Timnit Gebru — Research Scientist, Ethical AI at Google / Alphabet
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| Source Table | personnel |
| Source ID | rrJ0NOnWL5 |
| Source URL | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timnit_Gebru |
| Parent | Google / Alphabet |
| Children | — |
| Created | Mar 24, 2026, 8:45 PM |
| Updated | Mar 25, 2026, 4:02 AM |
| Synced | Mar 25, 2026, 4:02 AM |
Record Data
id | rrJ0NOnWL5 |
personId | Timnit Gebru(person) |
organizationId | Google / Alphabet(organization) |
personEntityId | Timnit Gebru(person) |
personDisplayName | — |
orgEntityId | Google / Alphabet(organization) |
orgDisplayName | — |
role | Research Scientist, Ethical AI |
roleType | career |
startDate | 2018 |
endDate | 2020-12 |
isFounder | No |
appointedBy | — |
background | — |
source | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timnit_Gebru |
notes | Co-led the Ethical AI team; fired in December 2020 following dispute over a research paper on large language models |
Source Check Verdicts
Last checked: 4/9/2026
The source text explicitly confirms all key fields: (1) person is Timnit Gebru, (2) org is Google, (3) role is confirmed as co-lead of the Ethical AI Team (described as 'technical co-lead of the Ethical Artificial Intelligence Team' and 'co-led a team on the ethics of artificial intelligence'), (4) startDate 2018 is confirmed ('Gebru joined Google in 2018'), and (5) endDate December 2020 is confirmed ('In December 2020, her employment with Google ended'). The source uses 'Google' and mentions it is part of Alphabet's structure implicitly through context, though the exact 'Google / Alphabet' phrasing is not explicitly stated together. All material facts in the record are supported by the source.
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