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“I joined Google to ensure our artificial intelligence can see people like me.” Meet Auriel, a product lead in Google DeepMind. Auriel’s core work centers around ensuring AI products are accessible and effective for a wide range of users. “For Detection AI products like Pixel Camera, I make sure that the computer can recognize as many users as possible,” she explained. “For Generative AI products like Gemini, I help build features that keep users safe and improve the quality of the image depictions.” For Auriel, her interest in this work was sparked long before she arrived at Google. While completing her computer science capstone research paper in college — where she aimed to detect her heart rate using video signals — Auriel encountered a challenge due to the established model’s inability to register her darker skin tone. “None of my creations could detect my own heart rate accurately, but they could detect my lighter skin toned friends – it was really frustrating." Eventually, she solved the issue by creating her own detection model, and this experience ignited her passion for addressing fairness challenges in machine learning. Thank you Auriel for making our products and #lifeatGoogle more fair. Join Auriel and the team in their mission to shape a more equitable future in machine learning. → https://goo.gle/4dOU9q4

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People spend more hours working than anything else, and we believe that work can be designed to make people happier, healthier, and more productive. Starting today, on re:Work we’re sharing new research filled with data analysis, best practices, and examples from our own #Googlers and workplace. Explore proven practices and real examples to foster a people-first approach that drives success for your organization. → https://goo.gle/3NxS7zT

Join us for Google’s BreakBeatCode Hackathon on Friday, October 18th! The virtual event — designed for students as young as nine years old — begins at 1:00 PM ET, and aims to teach coding skills through beat making and music production. Register today ➡️ https://goo.gle/3BEqySU

As we celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), we’re shining the spotlight on Megumi: a Tokyo-based program manager on our Trust & Safety team. Outside of Megumi’s core role, she’s been a member of Google’s Disability Alliance (DA) — an employee resource group for Googlers who care about disability, learning differences, and neurodiversity — for roughly a decade. One of Megumi’s personal favorite accomplishments over the years was carrying the torch during the 2020 Paralympic Games. “I was nervous when I was first selected as a runner on behalf of Google Japan, but I decided ‘why not take this wonderful once in a lifetime experience?’” For Megumi, carrying the Paralympic torch was an incredible honor — and “a reminder that everyone is capable of achieving great things.” Thank you for your contributions to #lifeatGoogle, Megumi. Happy #NDEAM!

In September, we held our Global 5k with on-site races organized at 56 Google offices across the globe! Thank you to the 12,832 Googlers who participated in the 5k, and 1,042 Googler volunteers who helped organize races in their cities. The initiative has raised over €7,114 for Action Against Hunger so far, an organization that’s pushing back against the predictable, preventable, and treatable problem of hunger around the world. Thank you to everyone who joined us and made this event possible! #LifeAtGoogle

That's a wrap on Grace Hopper 2024 — thank you to all who followed along virtually and in-person! If you're interested in attending future conferences, visit our conference scholarship site ➡️ https://goo.gle/4f11NyE