darpa DARPA Commits $2 Billion to Advance Third Wave Artificial Intelligence The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to spend $2 billion over five years to develop AI systems that learn and adapt. This massive scientific investment complements the Pentagon's newly established Joint Artificial Intelligence Center.
google Google Establishes Ethical AI Principles Following Project Maven Protests Google introduces new ethical guidelines for artificial intelligence that explicitly ban the weaponization of its technology. This move follows months of intense internal protests over the company's involvement in a Pentagon drone program.
google Google Sets AI Ethics Rules, Vows No Weapons Development Google publishes a new set of ethical principles for artificial intelligence, explicitly banning the technology's use in weapons and certain surveillance. The guidelines emerge after significant internal employee protests over a controversial Pentagon contract.
google Google Drops Pentagon AI Contract Amid Internal Outcry Google chooses not to renew its controversial Project Maven contract with the US military after facing intense pushback from its own employees over the ethical implications of weaponized AI.
google Google Drops Controversial Pentagon AI Contract After Employee Backlash Google announces it will not renew its Project Maven contract with the Pentagon following intense internal protests. The company is simultaneously developing new ethical principles to guide its future work with the military.
google Google Abandons Military AI Contract Following Widespread Employee Protests Google opts not to renew its controversial Project Maven contract with the Pentagon after facing intense internal and public backlash. The reversal comes as employees accuse the company of abandoning its core values for future government deals.
google Leaked Emails Reveal Google Downplayed Expanding Pentagon Drone AI Contract Internal emails show Google expected its military drone AI revenue to grow exponentially to $250 million annually, contradicting executive claims that the Pentagon contract was a small $9 million project.
google Google Employees Resign and Protest Over Pentagon Drone AI Contract A dozen Google employees resign while thousands more demand the company cancel a controversial Pentagon artificial intelligence contract. The workers express serious ethical concerns about the use of Google technology in military drone operations.
google Dozen Google Employees Resign Over Pentagon Drone AI Project Nearly a dozen Google employees resign and thousands sign a petition demanding the company end its involvement in the Pentagon's Project Maven drone AI program. Workers cite ethical concerns and a departure from the company's foundational principles.
google Google Employees Resign Over Pentagon Artificial Intelligence Contract Roughly a dozen Google employees resign in protest of the company's Pentagon contract for drone footage analysis, citing ethical concerns and a lack of transparency.
google Google Workers Demand End to Pentagon AI Drone Project Over 3,000 Google employees sign a letter urging CEO Sundar Pichai to cancel a military AI partnership known as Project Maven. The workers argue that building warfare technology violates the company's core values and damages its public reputation.
google Google Workers Demand Cancellation of Pentagon AI Drone Program Over three thousand Google employees urge CEO Sundar Pichai to end the company's involvement in Project Maven, a Defense Department initiative that uses artificial intelligence to analyze drone footage.
google Google Secretly Supplies AI for Pentagon Drone Targeting Program Google quietly provides artificial intelligence technology to the Defense Department to help analyze drone footage for targeting strikes against the Islamic State. The contract routes through a staffing firm to obscure the tech giant's involvement in the algorithmic warfare initiative.