Timnit Gebru

Timnit Gebru 1983 is a computer scientist who works on algorithmic bias and data mining. She is an advocate for diversity in technology and co-founder of Black in AI, a community of black researchers working in artificial intelligence. Gebru was born and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, but was forced to flee at age 15. She completed high school in Massachusetts and was accepted to Stanford University where she obtained both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering. Gebru worked at Apple Inc., developing signal processing algorithms for the first iPad. Gebru earned her doctorate under the supervision of Fei-Fei Li at Stanford University in 2017. Gebru went on to work at Google, where she was co-leading a team on the ethics of artificial intelligence. She studied the implications of artificial intelligence, looking to improve the ability of technology to do social good. Her departure from Google in December 2020 has raised many eyebrows and caused quite the controversy. We look forward to seeing what Timnit does next.