Facebook chief AI scientist defends company over Trump's George Floyd post - Business Insider

'You just have the wrong idea about Facebook': Facebook's chief AI scientist defends the company over Black Lives Matter uproar

Facebook has faced intense criticism from its own employees and civil rights groups over its response to a post by President Donald Trump about the Minneapolis George Floyd protests.

Yann LeCun, Facebook's former head of AI research and currently the company's chief AI scientist, responded on Friday to a Twitter user who'd asked if he was still proud to work at Facebook.

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