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Prominent AI Researcher Timnit Gebru Named 2026 Right Livelihood Award Recipient
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Ethiopian-born computer scientist and AI researcher Timnit Gebru has been named a recipient of the 2026 Right Livelihood Award for her work challenging concentrated power in artificial intelligence and advocating for marginalized communities.
- Timnit Gebru has been named a recipient of the 2026 Right Livelihood Award.
- The Stockholm-based Right Livelihood Foundation announced the recognition on 30 September.
- The award recognizes her work exposing the harms of AI and promoting community-led research approaches.
- Timnit fled the Ethiopian-Eritrean war at age 15 and later earned a PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
- She co-founded Black in AI and previously served as co-lead of Google’s Ethical AI team before her departure in late 2020.
- In December 2021, she founded the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (DAIR).
- She recently published a book titled Deep Unlearning: The Rise of AI and the Radicalization of a Tech Idealist.
- The formal 2026 award ceremony is scheduled to take place on December 1 in Stockholm.
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