Timnit Gebru
computer scientist, specialising in AI ethics
computer scientist, specialising in AI ethics
Every podcast episode featuring Timnit Gebru that Attunex has found: 93 interviews and appearances across 54 shows between 2017 and 2026. Most often on Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats (24), Tech Won't Save Us (3) and Science Friction (3). Often in conversation with Sam Charrington. Follow Timnit in Attunex to get new appearances automatically, each with an on-device transcript and summary.
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A Lesson from Google: Can AI Bias be Monitored Internally? | Cold Call 14 Jun 2023 --- Dr. Timnit Gebru was the co-lead of Google’s Ethical AI research team – until she raised concerns about bias in…
https://www.theteanetwork.co Are we on the verge of an AI apocalypse, or is Silicon Valley using doomsday fears to distract us from the damage AI is already doing? Tech insiders and Big Tech CEOs…
¡Vótame en los Premios iVoox 2026! Últimas Noticias (https://aiaprendi.com/) La política promete, la IA propone decisiones y el humano sigue buscando dónde dejaron su criterio. Aiberto y GiPiTi…
On today’s show: Headlines The Real Existential Risk Is AI CEOs Avoiding Oversight: “Alternative Nobel” Winner Timnit Gebru “Berlin 4” Lawyer on Pro-Palestine Protest Crackdown & Germany’s…
Headlines for October 01, 2026; The Real Existential Risk Is AI CEOs Avoiding Oversight: “Alternative Nobel” Winner Timnit Gebru; “Berlin 4” Lawyer on Pro-Palestine Protest Crackdown & Germany’s…
In tonight's edition: Africa's richest man breaks ground on a $16 billion oil refinery in Kenya. Also, at universities across Cameroon, programming is overshadowed with uncertainty amidst an…
Sie ist eine relevante Stimme der KI-Forschung, aber auch eine wichtige Kritikerin der Künstlichen Intelligenz und der Gefahren, die von ihr ausgehen. Dafür hat die Äthiopierin Timnit Gebru jetzt den…
Mirani, Jaya www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Fazit
What happens when a single person manages a staff of 24 AI "employees" with one-on-one performance reviews and weekly stand-ups? This episode takes you inside the wild, experimental frontier of local…
What happens when a single person manages a staff of 24 AI "employees" with one-on-one performance reviews and weekly stand-ups? This episode takes you inside the wild, experimental frontier of local…
Bundeskabinett beschließt Gesetzentwurf zur Pflegereform, Tag der Legasthenie: App hilft beim Lesen, Preise für das Deutschlandticket werden erneut erhöht, Alternativer Nobelpreis geht an KI-Expertin…
Der Right Livelihood Award ist besser bekannt als "Alternativer Nobelpreis".
Bahner, Eva www.deutschlandfunk.de, Wirtschaft am Mittag
One of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity. Check out the new WIRED app. Join WIRED’s best and brightest on Uncanny Valley as they dissect…
Was passiert, wenn ein Unternehmen, das nie böse sein wollte, zu einem der mächtigsten Konzernen der Welt wird? Google hat die Suche nicht erfunden, aber die Art, wie wir das Internet nutzen, für…
Ihr habt die Google Story gehört – jetzt schauen wir noch einmal genauer hin. Diese Folge ist eine komplette Ausgabe von IMPERIUM INSIGHT, dem Video-Format zu IMPERIUM. Wenn euch das gefällt, findet…
On this episode of Vibe Check, Saeed and Zach are joined by computer scientist and AI expert Timnit Gebru to talk about AI and why the future doesn't have to end in human extinction. Plus, they share…
O explore comment les algorithmes et l'IA reproduisent et amplifient les inégalités de genre, non par intention malveillante, mais parce qu'ils ont appris sur des données produites par une société…
Timnit Gebru is sounding the alarm on AI hype, calling out the industry for distracting from real-world dangers by fixating on doomsday scenarios and curated breakthroughs. She argues that companies…
Episódio de Notícias sobre Mulheres na Computação Rede Emílias de Podcasts Apresentadores: Adolfo Neto e Cartolina Bruno Instagram - Emílias UTFPR Instagram - Fronteiras ES Priscila Benavides (…
Build the Room, Own the Room Episode 4: "The Tools Aren't Neutral" Hosts: Sharitta Marshall + Ella Nance Episode 2 named who's missing from the rooms where AI gets funded and built. This episode…
In this Sundiata episode, we explore Timnit Gebru's background as an AI researcher, her views on AI ethics, and creating AI models with fewer biases against Black and Brown people, the capitalist…
Headlines for August 13, 2026; Trump’s Secret Plane Switch: An Israeli Tip, CIA Doubts & Reporters Put at Risk; “Anatomy of an AI Kill Chain”: Militaries Rely on Mistake-Prone AI in Ukraine, Gaza &…
In der letzten Folge ging es um einen Investor, der anderen vorwirft, Regulierung zum eigenen Vorteil zu formen. Diese Folge handelt von einer Wissenschaftlerin, deren Startup von genau diesem…
Fünf Folgen lang ging es um eine Frage: Wie hoch ist die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass künstliche Intelligenz die Menschheit auslöscht? Diese Folge stellt eine andere: Wer profitiert davon, dass wir…
Dziś mówimy raczej o "efekcie Elizy" – zjawisku, przed którym przestrzegał Joseph Weizenbaum, twórca pierwszych chatbotów konwersacyjnych. Już w roku 1966 ze zgrozą obserwował jak łatwo inteligentni,…
In December 2020, Dr. Timnit Gebru was on a vacation road trip when a colleague’s text delivered a shock: an internal Google email announced she had resigned. But Gebru hadn't resigned—she had been…
Timnit Gebru founded the Distributed AI Research Institute after her high-profile exit from Google’s Ethical AI team. She’s been a vocal critic of the systemic lack of diversity in learning models…
AI development is barreling ahead with no guardrails, leading Americans to feel anxious about what lies ahead. This week, Stacey tackles the big questions we need to ask ourselves about the…
The global agreement on AI ethics (fairness, transparency, accountability) has not translated into enforcement, creating a widening gap between principles and practice. Reviews of hundreds of…
Dobrze wiedzieliśmy jak działa "czarna skrzynka" i z czego się składa – jakie są jej limity, obiektywne ograniczenia, zwłaszcza koszty społeczne i środowiskowe oraz ryzyka jej nieuregulowanej…
AI – and coverage of it – is everywhere. But what is artificial intelligence, really, beyond the buzzword? Each week, in a special new miniseries - ‘The AI End Game’ - Chris Hayes is joined by…
This is the last of our series AI Lingo Bingo Series! We dig into four more co-opted concepts with four more all stars. More like this: Last week’s episode with Meredith Whittaker, Audrey Tang, Abeba…
They pledged billions to fight racism. Then they fired the people hired to stop their AI from being racist. 🤖⚖️ We investigate the AI Civil Rights Crisis . We break down the "Dual Narrative" of…
Recorded live at Online Educa Berlin, this episode of Great Minds on Learning explores AI and the Global South through history, hard lessons, and contemporary debate. John Helmer and Donald Clark…
Recorded live at Online Educa Berlin, this episode of Great Minds on Learning explores AI and the Global South through history, hard lessons, and contemporary debate. John Helmer and Donald Clark…
The Data Bill of Rights was first written by James Felton Keith in 2015 before the founding of The Data Union and explained on stage at the RadicalXChange conference in 2019. Here is a clip of that…
OpenAI, Sam Altman, and the Empire of AI are the focus of this Thinking on Paper Book Club episode on Karen Hao’s Empire of AI . We examine OpenAI’s founding promise to build AGI for the benefit of…
Timnit Gebru is a prominent Ethiopian-American computer scientist and researcher in AI ethics. She has been a leading voice in the field of AI ethics, working to draw attention to the social and…
Welcome to B The Way Forward Interludes - a series of conversations that don’t necessarily fit in our regular season, but are just too good to not share. Dr. Timnit Gebru is one of the leading voices…
Welcome to B The Way Forward Interludes - a series of conversations that don’t necessarily fit in our regular season, but are just too good to not share. Heard something about AI Lately? Have those…
For a special series of episodes dubbed Through to Thriving that will air throughout the year, Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli is hosting discussions intended to help us imagine…
Councilwoman Quetcy Lozada spoke on Wake Up With WURD to expand on her impassioned speech advocating for a bill affecting her Kensington district. On Thursday, City Council passed 13-3 legislation…
Timnit Gebru, PhD, AI expert, advocate, and founder of the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) and Émile P. Torres, PhD, a philosopher, discuss how eugenic ideologies are influencing Silicon…
At the turn of the 20th century, the anti-immigration and eugenics movements used data about marginalized people to fuel racial divisions and political violence under the guise of streamlining…
Podcast : Tech Won't Save Us (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this? ) Episode : AI Hype Enters Its Geopolitics Era w/ Timnit Gebru Pub date : 2025-03-13 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast…
When a robot does bad things, who is responsible? A group of technologists sounds the alarm about the ways AI is already harming us today. Are their concerns being taken seriously? This is the second…
Paris Marx is joined by Timnit Gebru to discuss where the AI industry stands in 2025 as AI increasingly becomes a geopolitical football even as the big promises made by AI companies fail to…
Paris Marx is joined by Timnit Gebru to discuss where the AI industry stands in 2025 as AI increasingly becomes a geopolitical football even as the big promises made by AI companies fail to…
On this episode of AI Innovations Unleashed, we celebrate the remarkable contributions of two African American pioneers in AI: Dr. Mark Dean and Dr. Timnit Gebru. Dr. Dean's work on high-speed…
Disclaimer: This podcast is completely AI generated by NoteBookLM 🤖 Summary In this episode we talk about this paper, titled “On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots”, which argues that the…
In this live interview, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa and ethical AI advocate Timnit Gebru talk about moral and political questions surrounding AI, as well as ways toward breaking down the…
Dr. Timnit Gebru guest-hosts with Alex in a deep dive into Marc Andreessen's 2023 manifesto, which argues, loftily, in favor of maximizing the use of 'AI' in all possible spheres of life. Timnit…
Ep1: Candice Matthews Brackeen, Founder + CEO, Lightship Foundation & Dr. Timnit Gebru, Co-Founder, Black in AI Welcome to "Intelligent Tomorrow: A Glimpse into the Future of AI," a visionary session…
Rerun of episode 85 from August, 16 2023 Timnit Gebru is not just a pioneering critic of dangerous AI datasets who calls bullshit on bad science pushed by the likes of OpenAI, or a tireless champion…
In this episode, we talk to Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna. AI ethics legends and now the co-hosts of the Mystery AI Hype Theatre 3000 podcast which is a new podcast where they dispel the hype storm…
Podcast : Tech Won't Save Us (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this? ) Episode : AI Hype Distracted Us From Real Problems w/ Timnit Gebru Pub date : 2024-01-18 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 -…
On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Timnit Gebru to discuss the past year in AI hype, how AI companies have shaped regulation, and tech’s relationship to Israel’s military…
Paris Marx is joined by Timnit Gebru to discuss the past year in AI hype, how AI companies have shaped regulation, and tech’s relationship to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. Timnit Gebru is the…
What are the ideas driving the pursuit of human-level AI? In the penultimate episode of this Tech Tonic series, hosts Madhumita Murgia and John Thornhill look at some of the futuristic objectives…
Today, a conversation about equity and AI. Tom's guest is Dr. Timnit Gebru, a computer scientist and tech expert who is working to reduce the negative effects of artificial intelligence. In 2021, Dr.…
Timnit Gebru is a co-author of one of the most influential research papers on AI from this decade, which coined the term “stochastic parrots” to describe large language models. Following her very…
Timnit Gebru is not just a pioneering critic of dangerous AI datasets who calls bullshit on bad science pushed by the likes of OpenAI, or a tireless champion of racial, gender, and climate justice in…
Today’s Summer School episode from the IBI Archive is episode 39 with Timnit Gebru an artificial intelligence researcher. Timnit advocates for fair and just use of the technology we use everyday. A…
On this episode of The Circuit, Bloomberg’s Emily Chang is joined by three women who have raised the alarm on big tech’s harms: Ifeoma Ozoma, Timnit Gebru, and Safiya Noble. They discuss their…
Everyone's talking about AI, how it will change the world, and even suggesting it might end humanity as we know it. Dave is joined by Dr. Timnit Gebru and Émile Torres, two prominent critics of AI…
Ein Neues Podcast Format: BLIND DATES! Dodo bringt Elton heute ein geheimes Thema mit, beim nächsten mal passiert das ganze anders herum. In dieser Runde stellt Dodo die inspirierende Frau Timnit…
Ha már mindenki a generatív MI előnyeiről és veszélyeiről osztja az észt, bemutatjuk az észosztás résztvevőit! Kicsoda Steve Wozniak , Max Tegmark , Eliezer Yudkowsky , Tristan Harris , Jaron Lanier…
In this episode, Moya Bailey speaks with Timnit Gebru about how her personal life, being born and raised in Ethiopia, and her professional life, most recently working at Google, has prepared her for…
Peter is away this week... or is he? A special appearance! Scott drinks some wacky coffee that's not really all that wacky and does arguing with a person who really IS wacky. Is it worth listening…
So-called “artificial intelligence” is one of the most divisive topics of the year, with even those who understand it in total disagreement about its potential impacts. This week, A.I. reseachers and…
Today, a conversation about equity and AI. Tom's guest is Dr. Timnit Gebru, a computer scientist and tech expert who is working to reduce the negative effects of artificial intelligence. In 2021, Dr.…
Anton and BC discuss their conversation with Timnit Gebru, the Black Pot Supper Club, and the presence and impact of pareidolia in AI.
They're back! BC and Anton welcome Timnit Gebru, founder of the Distributed AI Research Institute, for a discussion about chatGPT, her childhood in Addis Ababa, and a growing evil lurking within some…
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In this episode we review martinis and Christina's creepy mind is exposed. Google engineers Timnit Gebru, Margaret Mitchell, and Blake Lemoine were fired for their pushback against LaMDA. Joanna and…
Google engineers Timnit Gebru, Margaret Mitchell, and Blake Lemoine were fired for their pushback against LaMDA. Joanna and Christina discuss the biases of large language models and the silent…
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Paris Marx is joined by Timnit Gebru to discuss the misleading framings of artificial intelligence, her experience of getting fired by Google in a very public way, and why we need to avoid getting…
In a world where the tech we build looks more and more like us, our biases and flaws as humans are often subtly amplified within the platforms we build. Timnit Gebru joins us in the boardroom from…
Sean Illing talks with Timnit Gebru, the founder of the Distributed AI Research Institute. She studies the ethics of artificial intelligence and is an outspoken critic of companies developing new AI…
Leading computer scientist and co-founder of Black in A.I , Dr Timnit Gebru, was hired by Google to co-lead its Ethical AI team with another tech industry trailblazer Dr Margaret Mitchell. The team…
Leading computer scientist and co-founder of Black in A.I, Dr Timnit Gebru, was hired by Google to co-lead its Ethical AI team with another tech industry trailblazer Dr Margaret Mitchell. The team…
Terms such as artificial intelligence, big data and machine learning bring to mind computers processing loads of data into uses for the real world. But the authors of a recent essay published in the…
Dr. Timnit Gebru was the co-lead of Google’s Ethical AI research team –until she raised concerns about bias in the company’s large language models and was forced out in 2020. Her departure sent…
In a special episode, Timnit Gebru, founder and executive director of the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute and one of the most prominent researchers working in the field of…
This episode is also available as a blog post:…
Today we’re joined by friend of the show Timnit Gebru, the founder and executive director of DAIR, the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute. In our conversation with Timnit, we…
Timnit Gebru was fired by Google in a cloud of controversy, now she's making waves beyond Big Tech's pervasive influence
Timnit Gebru was fired by Google in a cloud of controversy, now she's making waves beyond Big Tech's pervasive influence
In this episode, we’re joined by ethicist and independent scholar, Timnit Gebru as she shares her insights on the importance of holding large technology companies accountable and dives into why and…
Show Notes Timnit Gebru is an artificial intelligence researcher. Timnit advocates for fair and just use of the technology we use everyday. A former employee of Google, Timnit consistently calls in…
Google hired computer scientist Timnit Gebru to sniff out bias and other unethical practices in the company’s sprawling artificial intelligence work. After she drafted a paper that did just that, she…
Google is concerned that Apple allows iMessage users to bully Android users. If true Google is probably just as much to blame. Timnit Gebru launches the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research…
2021 has been a wild ride in many ways, but its wildest features might actually be AI-related. We’ve seen major advances in everything from language modeling to multi-modal learning, open-ended…
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The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Timnit Gebru, former co-head of Google’s ethical AI research team, to talk about how she arrived at Google (3:30), starting Black in AI…
Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as people. We don't talk about AI or their work or the stats of their life like what college…
Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as people. We don't talk about AI or their work or the stats of their life like what college…
Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as people. We don't talk about AI or their work or the stats of their life like what college…
Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as people. We don't talk about AI or their work or the stats of their life like what college…
Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as people. We don't talk about AI or their work or the stats of their life like what college…
Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as people. We don't talk about AI or their work or the stats of their life like what college…
Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as people. We don't talk about AI or their work or the stats of their life like what college…
Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as people. We don't talk about AI or their work or the stats of their life like what college…
Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as people. We don't talk about AI or their work or the stats of their life like what college…
Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as people. We don't talk about AI or their work or the stats of their life like what college…
Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as people. We don't talk about AI or their work or the stats of their life like what college…
Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as people. We don't talk about AI or their work or the stats of their life like what college…
Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as people. We don't talk about AI or their work or the stats of their life like what college…
Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as people. We don't talk about AI or their work or the stats of their life like what college…
Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as people. We don't talk about AI or their work or the stats of their life like what college…
Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as people. We don't talk about AI or their work or the stats of their life like what college…
Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as people. We don't talk about AI or their work or the stats of their life like what college…
Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as people. We don't talk about AI or their work or the stats of their life like what college…
Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as people. We don't talk about AI or their work or the stats of their life like what college…
Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as people. We don't talk about AI or their work or the stats of their life like what college…
Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as people. We don't talk about AI or their work or the stats of their life like what college…
Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as people. We don't talk about AI or their work or the stats of their life like what college…
Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as people. We don't talk about AI or their work or the stats of their life like what college…
Two weeks after her forced exit, the AI ethics researcher reflects on her time at Google, how to increase corporate accountability, and the state of the AI field. We meet: Dr. Timnit Gebru Find more…
Recently, one of the world’s leading AI ethics researchers, Timnit Gebru, left Google. Google says she resigned. Timnit says she was fired. In the days since, Timnit’s departure has turned into a…
Recently, one of the world’s leading AI ethics researchers, Timnit Gebru, left Google. Google says she resigned. Timnit says she was fired. In the days since, Timnit’s departure has turned into a…
Recently, one of the world’s leading AI ethics researchers, Timnit Gebru, left Google. Google says she resigned. Timnit says she was fired. In the days since, Timnit’s departure has turned into a…
Recently, one of the world’s leading AI ethics researchers, Timnit Gebru, left Google. Google says she resigned. Timnit says she was fired. In the days since, Timnit’s departure has turned into a…
The advent and use of artificial intelligence is leading to deeper conversations about the influence this technology will have in the years ahead, particularly as it relates to data collection and…
Timnit Gebru co-leads the Ethical AI team at Google. Find out more about her on her homepage. Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as…
How will Artificial Intelligence define the future of Civil Rights? To celebrate the NYC theater release of the film Coded Bias we present this Livestreamed conversation featuring Shalini Kantayya…
Join us for a candid conversation with senior research scientist at Google and eminent scholar, Dr.Timnit Gebru on her seminal work in uncovering racial bias in automated facial analysis algorithms…
Technical Co-Lead of Google's Ethical Artificial Intelligence Team Timnit Gebru visited Wharton's campus in January to discuss diversity in tech and diversity branding, as well as privacy concerns…
How do we respond to the racism in the world we have been given? What does it mean to transform technology systems in the spirit of justice and equity? How do we engage with diversity and…
The advent and use of artificial intelligence - or AI - is leading to deeper conversations about the influence this technology will have in the years ahead, particularly as it relates to data…
Today we keep the 2019 AI Rewind series rolling with friend-of-the-show Timnit Gebru, a research scientist on the Ethical AI team at Google. A few weeks ago at NeurIPS, Timnit joined us to discuss…
Timnit recently completed her postdoc in the Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics (FATE) group at Microsoft Research, New York. Prior to that, she was a PhD student at the Stanford…
In this episode, we speak with Timnit Gebru, a research scientist in the Ethical Artificial Intelligence team at Google AI. We talk about algorithmic biases, and Gebru explains why she created the…
This week, we dive into machine learning bias and fairness from a social and technical perspective with machine learning research scientists Timnit Gebru from Microsoft and Margaret Mitchell (aka…
Election polling is an inexact science. If you've been paying attention to American politics at all over the past year or two, you don't need us to tell you that. But what if instead of asking voters…
This week on the podcast we’re featuring a series of conversations from the NIPs conference in Long Beach, California. I attended a bunch of talks and learned a ton, organized an impromptu roundtable…