Google removes promise not to use AI for weapons from the website

Google has a promise this week not to create AI for weapons or monitoring from its website. The change was first discovered by Bloomberg. The company seems to have updated its side of the public AI principles and to have wiped out a section entitled “Applications that we will not be pursued”. Still included Last week.

After a comment, the company TechCrunch put it afterwards A new blog post On “responsible AI”. In some cases, it states: “We believe that companies, governments and organizations that share these values together work together to create AI, protect people, promote global growth and support national security.”

Google Newly updated AI principles Note that the company avoid “unintentionally or harmful results and avoid unfair prejudices” and to align the company with “widespread principles of international law and human rights”.

In recent years, Google’s contracts have made available to the US and Israeli military with Cloud services triggered internal protests from employees. The company said that its AI is not used to harm people, but the AI leader of the Pentagon has recently announced Techcrunch The AI models of some company models accelerate the Kill chain of the US military.