Commentary: Google has made a dangerous U-turn on military AI

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Commentary: Google has made a dangerous U-turn on military AI

Bring artificial intelligence to the battlefield and you could get automated systems responding to one another at machine speed, with no time for diplomacy, says Bloomberg Opinion's Parmy Olson.

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‘Godfather of AI’ sounds alarm on Google weapons plan

Geoffrey Hinton, widely regarded as the pioneer of artificial intelligence (AI) at Google, has publicly criticized the company for prioritizing profit over safety following its recent decision to rescind its commitment to avoid utilizing AI in weaponry. Hinton, a British computer scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics last year for his contributions […]

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Google abandons promise not to use AI for weapons

Google has removed the part of its AI policy that previously prohibited the development and deployment of AI for weapons or surveillance. When Google first published its AI policy in 2018, it included a section called “applications we will not operate,” in which the company promised not to develop or deploy AI for weapons or surveillance. Now, it has removed that section and replaced it with another, Bloomberg reports. Data suggests that the pre…

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Google Gives Itself Permission to Use AI to Create Weapons and Surveillance Technologies | Tajikistan News ASIA-Plus

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Google allows the use of AI to manufacture weapons ¿A novelty? - Cubadebate

The US company Google updated its Artificial Intelligence usage guidelines and eliminated the commitment not to use this tool for weapons or surveillance technology. Despite this change, the company says it will work to mitigate harmful or unintentional results. The post Google allows the use of AI to manufacture weapons A novelty? first appeared on Cubadebate.