DeepMind—Google removed pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance from AI Principles
Google removed its commitment to abstain from using AI for weapons and surveillance from its updated AI Principles. The prior version stated the company would not pursue 'weapons or other technologies whose principal purpose or implementation is to cause or directly facilitate injury to people' and 'technologies that gather or use information for surveillance violating internationally accepted norms.' Amnesty International called it 'a shame that Google has chosen to set this dangerous precedent.'
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Safety | -against | secondary | -0.50 |
| Military & Defense Contracts | +toward | primary | -1.00 |
| Surveillance Technology | +toward | secondary | -0.50 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.590 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.59)
Evidence (1 signal)
Google removed pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance from AI Principles
Google removed its commitment to abstain from using AI for weapons and surveillance from its updated AI Principles. The prior version stated the company would not pursue 'weapons or other technologies whose principal purpose or implementation is to cause or directly facilitate injury to people' and 'technologies that gather or use information for surveillance violating internationally accepted norms.' Amnesty International called it 'a shame that Google has chosen to set this dangerous precedent.'