[BBC NEWS, DECEMBER 14, 2020] TIMNIT GEBRU: GOOGLE AND BIG TECH ARE 'INSTITUTIONALLY RACIST' - BY JAMES CLAYTON, NORTH AMERICA TECHNOLOGY REPORTER [NOTE: DR. TIMNIT GEBRU IS A HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE SCIENTIST. SHE WAS FIRED FROM GOOGLE BECAUSE OF AN ACADEMIC RESEARCH PAPER SHE HAD CO-AUTHORED. THE PAPER FOCUSED ON ISSUES RELATED TO ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE LANGUAGE MODELS -- INCLUDING STRUCTURAL BIAS AGAINST WOMEN AND ETHNIC MINORITIES.]