Google has Updated quietly The previous version of this page used words such as “marginalized community,” “diverse,” and “underrepresented groups” to describe the RAI team’s work. This language has been removed or, in some cases, replaced with less specific words (e.g. Google did not immediately respond to an inquiry for comment.
Date : Feb 26 – March 6, 2025.
Organization: @Google
Changed: Removed mentions of diversity and equality from the mission statement of their Responsible AI Team. pic.twitter.com/i9VvBcHMQ6— The Midas Project Watchtower (@SafetyChanges) March 8, 2025
The Midas Project, a watchdog group, spotted the changes after Google removed similar language from their Startups Founders Fund website. The company announced in early February it would eliminate diversity hiring targets and review diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI).
Google has been among the many large tech companies to roll back DEI initiatives, as the Trump Administration targets ” Illegal ” practice. Amazon and Meta have both rolled back DEI measures in the last few months. OpenAI has also removed any mention of diversity and inclusion on a webpage about its hiring practices. Apple, on the other hand, recently resisted a shareholder proposal that would have ended its DEI programs.
Several of these companies, such as Google, have contracts in place with federal agencies.
Kyle Wiggers, a senior reporter for TechCrunch, has a special interest on artificial intelligence. His writings have appeared in VentureBeat, Digital Trends and a variety of gadget blogs, including Android Police and Android Authority, Droid-Life and XDA-Developers. He lives in Brooklyn, with his partner who is a piano teacher, and plays the piano occasionally. Sometimes — but mostly unsuccessfully.
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