Google just released a set of ethical principles about how it will use AI technology (GOOG, GOOGL)

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June 7, 2018 9:56 PM

Google has been criticized for months by thousands of employees for developing AI tools for the military. Not only has the company pledged to stop working with the military, the company now has effectively published an AI rulebook.

Google has released what is effectively a rulebook for how the company will apply AI technology
The seven principles include making sure that AI is applied to applications that are socially beneficial, safe and won't create unfair bias.
This is Google's response to a conflict inside the company over management's controversial decision to build AI tools for the military. Last week, Gizmodo reported that Google cloud chief Diane Greene told employees that Google had decided to stop providing AI tech to the Pentagon.

won't create unfair bias, are safe, accountable to people, incorporate design principles, consistent with scientific excellence, and be made available for uses that maintain the previous principles.

Read Pichai's full memo here.

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