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Google faces internal battle over research on AI to speed chip design

The Google app logo is seen on a smartphone in this picture illustration taken September 15, 2017. [Reuters] 

Alphabet Inc's Google said on Monday it had recently fired a senior engineering manager after colleagues, whose landmark research on artificial intelligence (AI) software he had been trying to discredit, accused him of harassing behaviour.

The dispute, which stems from efforts to automate chip design, threatens to undermine the reputation of Google's research in the academic community. It also could disrupt the flow of millions of dollars in government grants for research into AI and chips.

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