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Andrew Ng is ‘very glad’ Google dropped its AI weapons pledge
Andrew Ng, the founder and former leader of Google Brain, supports Google's recent decision to drop its pledge not to build AI systems for weapons. "I'm
Google drops 7-year promise not to make AI for weapons
Google, the company once known for including “Don’t be evil” in its code of conduct, just changed its corporate rules to allow the development of artificial intelligence for weaponry. The Mountain View tech giant updated its AI Principles webpage between January 30 and Feb.
Google retracts promise not to use AI for weapons or surveillance — prompting employee backlash: ‘Are we the baddies?’
Google employees are reportedly up in arms over management’s decision to walk back a promise not to use artificial intelligence technology to develop weaponry and surveillance tools. The search giant’s decision to revise its AI ethical guidelines,
Google erases promise not to use AI technology for weapons or surveillance
Google’s updated, public AI ethics policy removes its promise that it won’t use the technology to pursue applications for weapons and surveillance.
Google Drops ‘Do No Harm’ AI Policy, Opens Door to Military Weapons
Google just made a major change to its AI rules, and people are worried. The company has removed its pledge to never use AI for weapons, meaning it could now develop military technology that directly causes harm.

Google introduces new class of cheap AI models

Tech giants are lining up over $300 billion in AI spend. Their CEOs are betting cheaper models will drive up AI demand.
Meta, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft are ramping up their AI capex spend, despite investor concerns that it's undermined by ...
Tech Moves: Microsoft poaches 3 AI experts from Google DeepMind; Rover names COO; and more
Microsoft hired three former members of Google DeepMind, which was originally co-founded as a startup research lab by ...
Google’s rising holiday’s season ad sales aren’t enough to ease worries about AI letdown
Google’s digital ad sales continued to grow at a healthy clip during the holiday season, but that wasn’t enough to offset ...
Amazon’s profit is suddenly going through the roof, fueling CEO Andy Jassy’s $100 billion AI spending spree to fight Google and Microsoft
Jassy told analysts on an earnings call Thursday that Amazon will spend around $100 billion or more on capital expenses in ...
Amazon joins Google, Microsoft in cloud weakness, shares slide
The results echoed the slowdown at Microsoft and Alphabet-owned Google, and highlighted how U.S. cloud-computing giants were ...
Amazon's cloud business faces crucial test after rivals Microsoft, Google stumble
The pressure is on Amazon.com to deliver on lofty expectations for cloud computing in its fourth-quarter results on Thursday.
Microsoft’s AI boss just raided Google. He poached two scientists who built a tool that can transform ho-hum text into a riveting podcast
Microsoft AI boss and Google DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman recruited new tech talent to work for Microsoft in Zurich.