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Google, AI

Business Insider · 2d

Google employees respond after company drops its promise on AI weapons: 'Are we the baddies?'

After Google scrubbed wording that promised not to use AI for weapons, some staffers slammed the decision in the company's internal message board.

New York Post on MSN · 1d

Google retracts promise not to use AI for weapons or surveillance — prompting employee backlash: ‘Are we the baddies?’

The company’s historical reluctance to engage in military AI projects stems from employee-led protests in 2018, when workers successfully pressured Google to abandon a Pentagon contract known as “Project Maven,” which aimed to enhance drone surveillance capabilities using AI.

SFGATE on MSN · 1d

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, DEI

The Washington Post on MSN · 2d

Google will end a core DEI program and evaluate others, company says

The change comes after President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders and a broader anti-DEI pullback at other big companies.

MSNBC on MSN · 1d

Google becomes latest company to follow Trump’s anti-DEI push

Google is following the Trump administration’s lead on purging diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, cutting mentions of DEI from its annual report and scrapping its goal of hiring applicants from historically underrepresented backgrounds.

The Associated Press on MSN · 2d

Google Scraps Hiring Targets After Trump’s Anti-DEI Pressure on Government Contractors

The move came in the wake of an executive order aimed in part at pressuring government contractors to scrap their DEI initiatives.

2don MSN

Once a DEI leader, Google is retreating from diversity initiatives. Here's why.

Google said it was reviewing President Trump’s executive orders aimed at reversing DEI in the federal government and among ...

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Google scraps diversity-based hiring targets

Alphabet's Google is scrapping its goal to hire more employees from underrepresented groups and is reviewing some of its ...

Human Rights Watch1d

Google Announces Willingness to Develop AI for Weapons

Google, a company that once went by the motto “don’t be evil,” appears to be changing tack. The tech giant on Tuesday ...

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Google CEO downplays DeepSeek threat as the company plans to spend $75 billion on AI this year

Google CEO Sundar Pichai tried to allay concerns about DeepSeek, boasting that Google's own AI models were comparable.

15hon MSN

Google employees are testing new AI Mode search feature

Google plans to upgrade its search even more in 2025 with a new AI mode feature, currently being tested by employees.

1don MSN

Google’s Gemini rolls out ‘world’s best’ AI model, free of charge

Google has now given its Gemini app access to a new AI model called Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental. According to the ...

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