Meredith Whittaker, AI researcher and an organizer of last year's Google walkout, is leaving the company

Meredith Whittaker, AI researcher and an organizer of last year's Google walkout, is leaving the company

Meredith Whittaker, founder of Google’s Open Research Group and one of the leaders of last year’s employee walkouts, is leaving the company. Google confirmed her departure, which was first disclosed on Twitter by a Google engineer and reported by Bloomberg, but had no additional comment. TechCrunch has also contacted Whittaker for comment.