Google drops language from its AI Principles that said it would not pursue AI applications “likely to cause overall harm”, such as for weapons and surveillance
In 2018 the company updated its policies to explicitly exclude applying AI to weapons. Now that promise is gone.
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@mguariglia
Matthew Guariglia
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Will the world's most popular search engine be using AI to build autonomous weapons systems? And other questions from a world in which tech companies have no ethics and no convictions other than profit.
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@sambiddle.com
Sam Biddle
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Now Google doesn't have to field questions about how it blatantly does not enforce its AUP — www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2...
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@nitasha
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new: Google just removed the pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance from its AI principles www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2...
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@iamkaileena
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harvested data from billions worldwide to develop AI, which can be used for US military and surveillance color me not surprised!
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Mario Nawfal
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🚨 GOOGLE DROPS AI ETHICS PLEDGE—NOW OPEN TO MILITARY & SURVEILLANCE USE Google has dropped its commitment to never use AI for weapons or surveillance, rewriting its AI principles to allow national security applications. Alphabet execs argue “democracies should lead in AI [image]
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Google removed a passage from its artificial intelligence principles that pledged to avoid using the technology in potentially harmful applications, such as weapons. Source : Bloomberg. Its not just Google even OpenAI has partnered with Anduril and Anthropic with Palantir Tech. […
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Yesterday Google removed its promises not to pursue technologies (AI) that “cause overall harm,""weapons .. whose principal purpose is to cause.. injury to people," “that use information for surveillance violating internationally accepted norms,” and “contravenes principles of [i…
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@travis_view
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I hope they add a feature to Google Earth that allows me to track the route of the suicide drone that kills me for criticizing DOGE.
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@nitashatiku
Nitasha Tiku
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Google removed the pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance from its AI principles
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@car0linehaskins
Caroline Haskins
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New with @peard33: Google changed its official AI Principles today. It removed its previous promise to not pursue tech that will cause harm, support weapons, facilitate surveillance, and violate human rights: https://www.wired.com/...
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@garymarcus
Gary Marcus
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Google, 2001: Don't Be Evil Google, 2025: Fuck It
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@tomvalletti
Tommaso Valletti
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From “Don't be evil” to “Just shoot them”. A lesson in corporate ethics. https://www.bbc.com/...
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@orbrealm
@orbrealm
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and here i thought they were spending billions teaching neural networks to beat humans at Stratego for the love of the game
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@safetychanges
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Company: Google Date: February 4, 2024 Change: Removed a ban on using AI technology for warfare and surveillance URL: https://ai.google/... [image]
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@alexhanna
Alex Hanna
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Google was already okay with Cloud offerings to the IDF, specifically for targeting and Google Photos facial identification. Now they've just gone mask-off with the rest of the Valley.
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