Google’s involvement in the U.S. Department of Defense’s Project Maven in 2017 and 2018 is what led to the original AI ...

The company’s historical reluctance to engage in military AI projects stems from employee-led protests in 2018, when workers ...

But Google’s decision also highlights the importance of the Defense Department as the ultimate monitor of how it uses AI in ...

Even though AI companies specify they will take steps to prevent user harm, they no longer want to outrightly ban military use cases of AI. As companies change their stance around military uses ...

However, fast-forward a few years and most of Google’s competitors are engaging in these kinds of projects, with Meta, OpenAI, and Amazon all allowing some military use of their AI tech.

on the use of its artificial intelligence by the military. This week, the company deleted its pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance, a promise that had been in place since 2018.

Google has updated the “AI Principles” that guide its development of artificial intelligence. The firm has quietly dropped a ...

Google has removed its commitment to refrain from using AI for weapons or surveillance. The change signals a shift in ethical ...

Senior Google executives defended a shift in its AI ethics policy which opens the door for its technology to be used in military applications as a change ... which is used by “billions of people”.

In its latest departure from its original ethos, the company has quietly removed a key passage from its AI principles that previously committed to avoiding the use of AI in potentially harmful ...