The lawsuit also details allegations of sexism and discrimination, with Ghaderi claiming she was pressured into delaying her maternity leave and faced discriminatory comments upon her return. Ghaderi's lawyers have demanded a jury trial and named Amazon.com Services, Andrey Styskin, and Mahesh Krishnakumar as defendants. The lawsuit includes seven causes including violation of employment law against sex discrimination, pregnancy leave law, harassment, protection against retaliation, and wrongful termination of employment.
Key takeaways:
- Dr Viviane Ghaderi, a former AI scientist at Amazon, has filed a lawsuit alleging the company breached its own copyright rules in a bid to keep up with competition in generative AI.
- Ghaderi also alleges she was demoted and then dismissed after returning to work from maternity leave, accusing Amazon of discrimination, retaliation, harassment, and wrongful termination.
- She claims that she was asked to ignore copyright policies to improve AI results, and when she raised concerns, she was told "everyone else is doing it".
- The lawsuit includes seven causes including violation of employment law against sex discrimination, pregnancy leave law, harassment, protection against retaliation, failure to prevent discrimination and protect whistleblowers, and wrongful termination of employment.