Google removes guidelines barring its AI from being used in surveillance and weapons: report

Google removes guidelines barring its AI from being used in surveillance and weapons: report

Google has reportedly removed ethics guidelines that previously barred its artificial intelligence systems from being used in weapons and surveillance.

As recently as January 30, the tech giant said its AI wouldn’t be used for weapons, surveillance, and other technologies that “cause or are likely to cause overall harm,” The Washington Post reports.

The Independent has contacted Google for comment.

In a blog post Tuesday from senior company officials involved in AI, the company argued…

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