Google removes pledge to not use AI for weapons

Google erases promise not to use AI technology for weapons or surveillance
Google’s updated AI ethics policy removes its promise that it won’t use the technology to pursue weapons and surveillance.
Google removes pledge to not use AI for weapons from website
Google removed a pledge to not build AI for weapons or surveillance from its website this week. The change was first spotted by Bloomberg. The company
Google drops pledge on never using AI for weapons, surveillance
Google has revised its AI policies and removed a key promise that barred the use of artificial intelligence for developing weapons and surveillance tools. The development came just before Alphabet’s year-end financial report,
Google drops pledge on AI use for weapons
In its earnings report the company said it would spend $75bn ($60bn) on AI projects this year, 29% more than Wall Street analysts had expected. The company is investing in the inf
Google Removes Language on Weapons From Public AI Principles
Alphabet Inc.’s Google has removed a key passage about applications it will not pursue from its publicly listed artificial intelligence principles, which guide the tech giant’s work in the industry.
Google Drops Weapons and Surveillance Ban from AI Ethical Guidelines
Google has gone back on a previous pledge not to use AI for weapons and surveillance, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday. Policies about "applications we will not pursue" from 2018 have been deleted from the company's AI principles.

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Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance
Google changed its public AI policies to remove assertions it would not develop AI applied to surveillance or weapons.
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