3 days agoWhile Google has changed its position to allow greater military use of its AI technology, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis tells Axios the company will tread carefully. "The benefits have to substantially outweigh the risks of harm," Hassabis said as part of a wide-ranging interview this week on the sidelines of the AI Action Summit in Paris.
Feb 6, 2025Google has discarded its self-imposed ban on using AI in weapons, a step that simultaneously drew praise and criticism, marked a new entrant in a hot field, and underscored how the Pentagon—not ...
While Google has changed its position to allow greater military use of its AI technology, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis tells Axios the company will tread carefully. "The benefits have to ...
Feb 6, 2025The company's historical reluctance to engage in military AI projects stems from employee-led protests in 2018, when workers successfully pressured Google to abandon a Pentagon contract known as ...
Feb 4, 2025Google published principles in 2018 barring its AI technology from being used for sensitive purposes. Weeks into President Donald Trump's second term, those guidelines are being overhauled.
3 days agoThe company withdrew from Project Maven in 2018 due to protests but later secured a US$9 billion Pentagon contract in 2022 and provided AI services to Israel's military. Google spokesperson Anna ...
Feb 5, 2025Google's involvement in the U.S. Department of Defense's Project Maven in 2017 and 2018 is what led to the original AI principles document. Thousands of its employees protested the military ...
Feb 4, 2025Google removed a pledge to not build AI for weapons or surveillance from its website this week. The change was first spotted by Bloomberg.The company appears to have updated its public AI ...
7 days agoThe Israeli military has been relying heavily on advanced AI tools in the war in Gaza. Mohammed Saber/EPA. Google removing the "harm" clause from their AI principles contravenes the ...
7 days agoGoogle parent company Alphabet has dropped its pledge to not use artificial intelligence (AI) in weapons systems or surveillance tools, citing a need to support the national security of ...
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