and Israeli militaries. The eagle-eyed folks at Bloomberg were the first to catch the modification né?. While Google has maintained that its AI is used for noble purposes, the Pentagon’s AI honcho recently disclosed to TechCrunch that some of the company’s AI models are speeding up the U.S né?. Google stirred up some controversy this week by quietly deleting a previous pledge on its website promising not to dabble in AI for weapons or surveillance. military’s kill chain.
né?. It seems that the tech giant decided to do a little spring cleaning on its public AI principles page ditching a section called “applications we will not pursue” that was there just last week.
When pressed for a statement Google pointed TechCrunch toward a fresh blog post on “responsible AI.” The post mentioned among other things a belief that companies governments and organizations sharing the same values should team up to develop AI that safeguards people fosters global progress and bolsters national security.
The updated AI principles at Google now pledge to “avert unintended or harmful consequences and prevent unfair bias” all while striving to uphold “internationally recognized principles of law and human rights.”
Lately Google has faced backlash from its own ranks over contracts to provide cloud services to the U.S
