In February 2021, Google fired one of the leaders of the company's AI ethics team, Margaret Mitchell.[1] The company's statement alleged that Mitchell had broken company policy by using automated tools to find support for Gebru.[42] In the same month, engineers outside the ethics team began to quit, citing the “wrongful” termination of Gebru as the reason why.[44] In April 2021, Google Brain co-founder Samy Bengio announced his resignation from the company.[3] Despite being Gebru's manager, Bengio was not notified before her termination, and he posted online in support of both her and Mitchell.[11] While Bengio's announcement focused on personal growth as his reason for leaving, anonymous sources indicated to Reuters that the turmoil within the AI ethics team played a role in his considerations.[11]