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Google drops pledge not to develop AI weapons
Google has dropped an ethical pledge to not develop artificial intelligence systems that can be used in weapon or surveillance systems
Google Quietly Walks Back Promise Not To Use AI for Weapons or Harm
Google has quietly removed a clause stating it will not manufacture weapons or surveillance technology with AI.
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.
Andrew Ng is ‘very glad’ Google dropped its AI weapons pledge
Andrew Ng, the founder and former leader of Google Brain, supports Google’s recent decision to drop its pledge not to build AI systems for weapons. “I’m very glad that Google has changed its stance,” Ng said during an on-stage interview Thursday evening with TechCrunch at the Military Veteran Startup Conference in San Francisco.
Google Drops Pledge to Not Use AI to Develop Weapons, Surveillance Technologies
Weeks into U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term, Google on Tuesday removed from its Responsible AI principles a commitment to not use artificial intelligence to develop technologies that could cause “overall harm,
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Artificial Intelligence in Unmanned Systems as a Defense Market Tiebreaker
Written by Or Shalom The growing need for unmanned systems in the world is changing. The world is in the midst of a military ...
Google makes screeching U-turn on vow to never weaponise AI as world faces chilling new era of warfare
GOOGLE has dropped a bombshell U-turn that opens up the possibility of its AI tech powering weapons as the world enters a chilling new era of warfare. The company had previously vowed its AI ...
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Europe boosts military AI as Mistral and Helsing form defence tech alliance
The partnership brings together two of Europe’s top startups. Helsing, a defence tech firm based in Germany, was valued at ...
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Google puts military use of AI back on the table
The old version was split into two sections: “Objectives for AI applications” and “AI applications we will not pursue,” and it explicitly promised not to develop AI weapons or surveillance ...
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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 ... some company’s AI models are speeding up the U.S. military’s kill chain.
Google abandons 'do no harm' AI stance, opens door to military weapons
This change, first noticed by Bloomberg, marks a shift from the company's earlier stance on responsible AI development.
Google Lifts Its Ban On Using AI For Weapons, Sparks Global Debate
Google lifts its ban on using AI for weapons, signaling a major policy shift in its AI ethics guidelines. Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has revised its AI principles, lifting restrictions on ...
'We have begun in a big way': Gen Dwivedi speaks AI integration, Make In India & robot mules | Exclusive
Predictive analysis is the first step we are working on, and in terms of generative AI, we are engaging with BEL and other ...
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Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance
As recently as Thursday, that included weapons ... for the Pentagon. Artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies are increasingly important to the U.S. military, he said, and ...