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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.

CNN on MSN · 2d

Google erases promise not to use AI technology for weapons or surveillance

Google’s updated AI ethics policy removes its promise that it won’t use the technology to pursue weapons and surveillance.

Wired · 2d

Google Lifts a Ban on Using Its AI for Weapons and Surveillance

Google published principles in 2018 barring its AI technology from being used for sensitive purposes. Weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, those guidelines are being overhauled.

Google Becomes Latest Company To End Its DEI Commitments

MSNBC on MSN · 8h

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

Several major companies have followed suit as Trump expands his attacks on diversity initiatives to the private sector.

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

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.

Afrotech on MSN · 7h

Google Becomes The Latest Company To End Its DEI Commitments

In a decision reflecting a broader trend in the corporate world, Google has eliminated its diversity-based hiring targets and quietly erased language relating to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) from its annual report.

Google's Gemini rolls out 'world's best' AI model

CNET on MSN · 14h

Google Launches Gemini 2.0 for Everyone. Here Are the Highlights

The flood of AI news from Google comes in the wake of the launch of DeepSeek, the breakthrough Chinese AI tool that's been making headlines.

TechCrunch on MSN · 1d

Google launches new AI models and brings ‘thinking’ to Gemini

Google launched its much-anticipated new flagship AI model, Gemini 2.0 Pro Experimental, on Wednesday. The announcement was part of a series of other AI model releases. The company is also making its “reasoning’ model,

PC World on MSN · 10h

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 announcement blog post, the company says this model is currently “ranked as the world’s best model” and is available at no cost.

Google scraps diverse hiring targets

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 21h

Google Kills Diversity Hiring Targets

Google is eliminating its goal of hiring more employees from historically underrepresented groups and reviewing some diversity, equity and inclusion programs, joining other tech giants rethinking their approach to DEI.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Google Scraps Diversity-Based Hiring Targets, WSJ Reports

Alphabet's Google is scrapping its goal to hire more employees from historically underrepresented groups and is reviewing some of its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Engadget on MSN · 1d

Google is reportedly changing course on its diversity initiatives, too

Google is changing its tune around efforts to hire employees from historically underrepresented backgrounds, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. The company reportedly announced that it would "no longer set hiring targets to improve representation in its workforce.

Google edits Super Bowl ad

Business Insider · 1d

Google tweaks Super Bowl ad that showed its AI giving an incorrect answer about Gouda cheese

In a video featuring a small-business owner using Gemini, the AI originally said Gouda makes up 50% to 60% of global cheese consumption.

SFGATE on MSN · 1d

Google Super Bowl ad gets embarrassing attention before game even happens

Google has quietly edited a Super Bowl commercial celebrating its Gemini AI interface after online users pointed out that a statistic in the commercial was incorrect. The Mountain View company started a new campaign last Thursday,

CNN · 8h

Google’s AI-generated Super Bowl cheese ad has some holes

Google’s Super Bowl ad features a Wisconsin cheesemaker who uses Google’s Gemini AI tool to write cheese descriptions.

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Google Security Issues Zen Warning—What AMD Users Need To Do

Google security hackers have confirmed a confidential computing compromise that targets AMD Zen-based devices.

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Google scraps its diversity hiring goals as it complies with Trump’s new government contractor rules

Google is scrapping some of its diversity hiring targets, joining a lengthening list of U.S. companies that have been ...

Google says commercial quantum computing applications arriving within five years

Google aims to release commercial quantum computing applications within five years, Google's head of quantum told Reuters on ...

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Forget Chrome—Google Starts Tracking All Your Devices In 10 Days

Google has a tracking problem. Nowhere is this more acute than with Chrome, the world’s most popular browser and front-end to ...

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Google’s Cheap New AI Model Could Save Your Business Money

With the Gemini family, Google is expanding its lineup of AI models to include an inexpensive option. Google has announced ...

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Google to change map names for Gulf of Mexico and Denali when US updates them based on Trump order

The company said that Maps will reflect any updates to the Geographic Names Information System, a database of more than 1 ...

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ICE is gaming Google searches regarding mass deportations, report suggests

U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is allegedly altering publication dates on old press releases in order to ...

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Experts raise grave concerns about Google's AI strategy

However, some experts seem even more concerned about something else that might threaten Google’s progress in the coming year.

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Google Becomes Latest Company To End Its DEI Commitments

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Google scraps diverse hiring targets

Google edits Super Bowl ad

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