{{Short description|Research institute in the United States}} The '''Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute''' (or '''DAIR Institute''') is a research institute founded by Timnit Gebru in December 2021.<ref>{{cite news | author=Nitasha Tiku | title=Google fired its star AI researcher one year ago. Now she’s launching her own institute | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=December 2, 2021 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/12/02/timnit-gebru-dair/ | access-date=August 15, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author=Devin Coldewey | title=After being pushed out of Google, Timnit Gebru forms her own AI research institute: DAIR | website=TechCrunch | date=December 2, 2021 | url= https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/02/google-timnit-gebru-ai-research-dair/ | access-date=August 15, 2023 }}</ref> The institute announced itself as "an independent, community-rooted institute set to counter Big Tech’s pervasive influence on the research, development and deployment of AI."<ref>{{cite web | title=Timnit Gebru Launches Independent AI Research Institute On Anniversary of Ouster from Google | website=DAIR Institute | date=December 2, 2021 | url=https://www.dair-institute.org/press-release/ | access-date=August 15, 2023}}</ref>
In February 2023, two other members of Google's Ethical AI research group, researcher Alex Hanna and developer Dylan Baker, left Google to join DAIR.<ref>{{cite web | title=Two more members from Google's Ethical AI research group leave to join Timnit Gebru's DAIR | website=Money Control | url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/europe/?url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/technology/two-more-members-from-googles-ethical-ai-research-group-leave-to-join-timnit-gebrus-dair-8032591.html | access-date=August 15, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Alex Hanna left Google to try to save AI’s future | website=MIT Technology Review | author=Anmol Irfan | date=October 19, 2022 | url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/10/19/1061075/alex-hanna-google-ai-research/ | access-date=August 15, 2023 }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{official website|https://www.dair-institute.org/}}
Category:2021 establishments in the United States Category:Research institutes established in 2021 Category:Artificial intelligence laboratories Category:Ethics of artificial intelligence
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