68 pages Edited by Samuel Aubert, Guillaume Heuguet Text(s) by Tom Simonite Designed by Pierre Vanni 15 x 10 cm Language: French Paperback Publisher: Audimat Editions 2026
In 2021, Timnit Gebru, co-lead of Google’s Ethical AI lab, was dismissed after demonstrating the limitations of large language models (LLMs)—the technology behind recent advances in AI—and denouncing their consequences (racism, environmental harm). Investigative journalist Tom Simonite recounts her story, offering a detailed and striking account of the impossibility of conducting critical research from within Big Tech and the failure of self-regulation policies. This episode marks a turning point in how mainstream media discuss technology platforms and their relationship to social progress: it is the techlash.
