Google's AI Cloud Star Leaves After Pentagon Deal Protests
Fei-Fei Li, chief scientist at Google’s cloud-computing division, is leaving after controversy over the use of the company’s AI technology and a deal with the Pentagon
• Andrew Moore, dean of the school of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh will become head of AI at Google Cloud at the end of 2018
• In early June, Google retreated from a Pentagon cloud contract following employee protests
• In internal emails, Li praised the contract but cautioned colleagues to avoid mentioning the AI component of the deal for fear that the public would latch onto concern about “weaponized” AI, The New York Times reported