Description: (Computer scientist)
Timnit Gebru is an accomplished computer scientist specializing in artificial intelligence, algorithmic bias, and data mining. She co-founded Black in AI, advocating for increased Black representation in AI. Gebru founded the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute. Notably, controversy arose over her departure from Google, where she was a technical co-lead, after a dispute regarding a research paper on large language models. Despite this, she is widely recognized for her expertise in AI ethics and has been honored as one of the World's 50 Greatest Leaders by Fortune and as one of Time's most influential people.