Bengio will lead a new AI research unit and report to fellow ex-Googler John Giannandrea,Reuters reports.

Mitchell wassacked in Februaryfor using automated scripts to find messages showing mistreatment of Gebru.

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Apple snaps up ex-Google AI leader who quit in the wake of Timnit Gebru’s firing

Bengio was among their most prominent defenders at Google.

Bengio resigned from Google in March after around 14 years at the company.

Apple acquired more AI companies than anyone else between 2016 and 2020, according to arecent studyby GlobalData.

The market research firm said many of the deals were focused on improving Siri.

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