Google reverses its promise: AI for military purposes is now permitted!

Google reverses its promise: AI for military purposes is now permitted!

In a surprising turnaround, Google has abandoned its earlier promise not to develop artificial intelligence (AI) for weapons systems. The tech giant has revised the principles for its AI activities, removing the commitment it made in 2018 not to use AI for surveillance or to violate internationally recognized norms. This was reported by the crown making it clear that the new version reflects the rapid technological development since 2018. In a blog post, Google justified the change by saying that the principles should now be consistent with “broadly accepted principles of international law and human rights.”

Financial assessments and strategic shifts

In addition to this fundamental change, parent company Alphabet is investing around $75 billion to expand its AI infrastructure. This was done by TIME ONLINE reported. Despite these massive investments, Google's share price fell by more than seven percent after the presentation of a disappointing annual report. Analysts had expected higher profits and sales, while Google's cloud business rose 30 percent to $11.95 billion but fell short of expectations.

Given the developments in the AI ​​sector, it is clear that Google is trying to adapt its business model in order not to lose competition from other companies working with AI. The focus on AI summaries of search results should help answer user questions more effectively and continue to make web searches attractive. Advertising revenue remained strong despite the setbacks in the overall business and continued to contribute the majority of Alphabet's revenue, posting revenue of $72.46 billion.