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Google retracts promise not to use AI for weapons or surveillance — prompting employee backlash: ‘Are we the baddies?’

The company’s historical reluctance to engage in military AI projects stems from employee-led protests in 2018, when workers successfully pressured Google to abandon a Pentagon contract known as “Project Maven,” which aimed to enhance drone surveillance capabilities using AI.

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Google removes weapons development, surveillance pledges from AI ethics policy

Google has updated its ethical policies on artificial intelligence, eliminating a pledge to not use AI technology for weapons development and surveillance. According to a now-archived version of

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Google drops 7-year promise not to make AI for weapons

Google, the company once known for including “Don’t be evil” in its code of conduct, just changed its corporate rules to allow the development of artificial intelligence for weaponry. The Mountain View tech giant updated its AI Principles webpage between January 30 and Feb.

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DeepSeek's AI development cost claims questioned by Google DeepMind boss

Inc.’s Google artificial intelligence (AI) unit, Google DeepMind, has raised doubts over China's DeepSeek's claim of spending less than $6 million on its AI system development. Hassabis suggested that ...

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Google Gemini 2.0 AI Is Out Now. Here Are the Highlights

Google delivered big artificial intelligence news this week, launching the next generation of its chatbot, Gemini 2.0. Google ...

Google DeepMind CEO Calls DeepSeek AI 'Best Work' From China, But Says Hype Is Overblown: 'There's No Actual New Scientific Advance'

Google DeepMind CEO, Demis Hassabis, has commended the AI model of Chinese firm, Deepseek, describing it as "probably the ...

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Google AI chief says DeepSeek’s cost claims are ‘exaggerated’

The executive also shot down the idea that DeepSeek’s emergence upends the economics of AI development. “We don’t see any new ...

Google drops AI weapons ban—what it means for the future of artificial intelligence

Google sparks debate on big tech's approach to AI safety and raises concerns about responsible tech development in military ...

6 unsettling thoughts Google's former CEO has about artificial intelligence

Neither the public or the tech giants pushing artificial intelligence understand its long-term implications, warns former ...

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Google DeepMind CEO dismisses DeepSeek’s $6 million AI development costs claim

CEO of Google DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, has dismissed claims that Chinese AI startup DeepSeek developed its artificial intelligence system for ...

Google introduces new class of cheap AI models as cost concerns intensify

Alphabet's Google on Wednesday announced updates to its Gemini family of large language models, including a new product line ...

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Beleaguered Cal State University’s $17 million artificial intelligence initiative defended, attacked

The CSU system, facing an estimated budget shortfall of $428 million to $1 billion next year, this week announced a ...

Concern over Google ending ban on AI weapons

Google's parent company has lifted a ban on artificial intelligence (AI) being used for developing weapons and surveillance ...

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Google opens its most powerful AI models to everyone, the next stage in its virtual agent push

Google on Wednesday released the Gemini 2.0 artificial intelligence model suite to everyone. The continued releases are part ...

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