The updated AI principles come as Google positions itself for a larger role in the AI industry. The company has made strides in offering its technology to governments and is focus

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

Google has updated the “AI Principles” that guide its development of artificial intelligence. The firm has quietly dropped a commitment not to develop AI for

Google just scrapped its pledge to avoid AI in weapons and surveillance, signaling a major shift in policy after Trump's inauguration.

Google has made one of the most substantive changes to its AI principles since first publishing them in 2018. In a change spotted by The Washington Post, the search giant edited the document to remove pledges it had made promising it would not "design or deploy" AI tools for use in weapons or surveillance technology.

Google’s updated AI ethics policy removes its promise that it won’t use the technology to pursue weapons and surveillance.

Google came under serious pressure back in 2018 after it was revealed the company had a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense for something called Project Maven, which used AI for drone imaging.

In an update to its AI principles, Google pointedly omits an earlier ban on developing AI weapons or surveillance technology.