Google protest leader leaves, warns of company’s unchecked power

FILE - In this May 1, 2019, file photo, a woman walks past a Google sign in San Francisco. The U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission are moving to investigate Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple over their aggressive business practices, and the House Judiciary Committee has announced an antitrust probe of unidentified technology companies. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Meredith Whittaker, who helped lead employee protests at Google over the search giant’s military work, artificial intelligence and policies, is leaving the company. 

In a blog, she warned that the Internet giant’s AI software and huge computing resources are helping it expand in unsettling ways.