Google Won’t Renew Its Drone AI Contract, But It May Still Sign Future Military AI Contracts
▻https://theintercept.com/2018/06/01/google-drone-ai-project-maven-contract-renew
Google executives announced to company staff this morning that the tech giant won’t renew its contract to work on Project Maven, the controversial Pentagon program designed to provide the military with artificial intelligence technology used to help drone operators identify images on the battlefield. Google will continue work on the project through March 2019, according to multiple people with knowledge of the announcement, but once the 18-month contract concludes, it will not be renewed. (...)
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