Why Is Google Slow-Walking Its Breakthroughs in AI? | WIRED

Google began to publicly grapple with the tension between the promise and potential downsides of AI last year, in part because it was forced to. Cofounder Sergey Brin marveled in an open investor letter that recent AI progress was the most significant development in computing in my lifetime, but also warned that such powerful tools also bring with them new questions and responsibilities. The letter was released just days after employee protests against Google s participation in a Pentagon AI project called Maven. The company said it would not renew the contract. It also released AI ethics principles it said would forbid similar projects in future, although they still permit some defense work.

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