Google fired the lead of its Ethical Artificial Intelligence team, Meg Mitchell, escalating the turmoil surrounding its AI division after the acrimonious exit of Mitchell’s former colleague Timnit Gebru.

Google will restructure its responsible artificial intelligence efforts to centralize teams under a single executive, according to people familiar with the situation, as the internet giant tries to stabilize groups working on ethics research and products after months of chaos.

Feb.02 -- On this episode of "Bloomberg Equality," Vu Van, co-founder and chief executive officer of ELSA Corp., talks about the company's namesake mobile app that helps non-native English speakers improve pronunciation and speaking skills, and what it means to be a female entrepreneur in the technology industry.  ELSA secured $15 million in a funding round co-led by Vietnam Investments Group and SIG. Existing backers including Google’s artificial intelligence-focused venture fund Gradient Ventures, SOSV and Monk’s Hill Ventures joined the company’s Series B financing round. Van speaks with Haslinda Amin and Rishaad Salamat.

The provincial crown corporation tasked with attracting investment to Alberta, Invest Alberta, is partnering with Vancouver-based mCloud Technologies, which leverages AI and analytics to help reduce energy sector emissions. And mCloud announced a memorandum of understanding with Invest Alberta today to move its headquarters to Calgary. Russ McMeekin, president and CEO at mCloud, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss the business.

Artificial-intelligence firm mCloud Technologies Corp. is partnering with an Alberta crown corporation to improve the province’s standing on environmental, social and governance​ (ESG) issues as it moves towards decarbonizing its energy industry.

General Motors Co. and Microsoft Corp. are leading a US$2 billion investment round in self-driving car startup Cruise LLC in a deal that will bring the software giant’s cloud and edge-computing capabilities to the venture. Shares of GM surged on the news.

Boston Dynamics released a video on Tuesday showing four of its robots dancing to the 1962 hit "Do You Love Me?" by The Contours, and it caught fire online.