Nvidia employees raised AI bias concerns with CEO; left company after feeling dismissed
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Two Nvidia employees, Masheika Allgood and Alexander Tsado, met with CEO Jensen Huang in 2020 to warn about risks of AI harming minorities.
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Allgood and Tsado came away unsatisfied with Huang's response and left Nvidia shortly after.
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The meeting was described by Allgood as the "most devastating 45 minutes of my professional career."
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Allgood raised concerns about facial recognition in self-driving cars posing threats to minorities; Huang pushed back.
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Nvidia lags peers in workforce diversity (7.8% of US staff are Black, Hispanic or Native American vs 18% at Intel).