Google Continues Investments in Military and Police AI Technology Through Venture Capital Arm
▻https://theintercept.com/2019/07/23/google-ai-gradient-ventures
Last year,Google faced internal revolt from many employees over its handling of Project Maven, a secretive contract between the company and the Department of Defense to use artificial intelligence to improve the military’s drone targeting capabilities. After a series of internal, worker-led protests and resignations following reporting by The Intercept and Gizmodo, the company said it would wind down the drone project and promised a more transparent approach to similar work in the future. (...)
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