New Google union ‘concerned’ after a senior A.I. ethics researcher is reportedly locked out of her account

Google employee’s newly-formed union, known as the Alphabet Workers Union, said it is concerned over Google’s decision to lock Margaret Mitchell, a senior AI ethics researcher, out of her account. Google locked Mitchell out of her account after it found she was downloading material related to Timnit Gebru, another AI ethics researcher who was forced to leave the company early last month. The news was first reported Wednesday by Axios, which said Google was investigating Mitchell’s recent actions. Mitchell was reportedly using automated scripts to look through her messages to…