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Google mulls getting into the AI weapons business
Alphabet, the parent company of technology giant Google, is no longer promising that it will never use artificial intelligence (AI) for purposes such as developing weapons and surveillance tools.
The firm has rewritten the principles guiding its use of AI, dropping a section which ruled out uses that were "likely to cause harm".
In a blog post, external Google senior vice president James Manyika, and Demis Hassabis, who leads the AI lab Google DeepMind, defended the move.
They argue businesses and democratic governments need to work together on AI that "supports national security".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy081nqx2zjo
The firm has rewritten the principles guiding its use of AI, dropping a section which ruled out uses that were "likely to cause harm".
In a blog post, external Google senior vice president James Manyika, and Demis Hassabis, who leads the AI lab Google DeepMind, defended the move.
They argue businesses and democratic governments need to work together on AI that "supports national security".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy081nqx2zjo
Why not? After all, its competitors are brownnosing the new Hitler, and taking over the US's computer infrastructure. Google needs something lethal to defend itself from X and Meta.