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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoThere was a huge kerfluffle at NeurIPS last year involving statements about China, so they were already walking a fine line: https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/15/neurips-keynote-speaker-apologizes-for-reference-to-chinese-student/ https://isg.beel.org/blog/2024/12/16/chatgpt-on-rosalind-picards-allegedly-racist-slide-at-neurips-2024-keynote/ Apologies all around: https://www.media.mit.edu/posts/neurips-apology-moving-forward/ https://neurips.cc/Conferences/2024/PicardStatement https://neurips.cc/Conferences/2024/StatementOnInclusivity
There was a huge kerfluffle at NeurIPS last year involving statements about China, so they were already walking a fine line:
https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/15/neurips-keynote-speaker-apologizes-for-reference-to-chinese-student/
https://isg.beel.org/blog/2024/12/16/chatgpt-on-rosalind-picards-allegedly-racist-slide-at-neurips-2024-keynote/
Apologies all around:
https://www.media.mit.edu/posts/neurips-apology-moving-forward/
https://neurips.cc/Conferences/2024/PicardStatement
https://neurips.cc/Conferences/2024/StatementOnInclusivity