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

Google has removed the promise of not building AI for weapons or observation from its website this week. The change was first noticed by BloombergS It seems that the company has updated its AI public principles page, deleting a section entitled “Applications we won’t pursue” which has been is still on Recently last week.

Asked for a comment, the company pointed to TechCrunch to A new blog post of “responsible AI”. It partly notes that “we believe that companies, governments and organizations that share these values ​​must work together to create AI that protects people, promotes global growth and supports national security.”

Google’s Recently updated AI principles Note that the company will work to “mitigate unwanted or harmful results and avoid unfair bias”, as well as to align the company with “widely accepted principles of international law and human rights”.

In recent years, Google contracts to provide US and Israeli military services with cloud services cause internal protests by employeesS The company claims that its AI is not used to harm people, but recently the Pentagon chief told TechCrunch Some companies’ AI models are accelerating the US military murder chain.