Google Plans Not To Renew its Contract for Project Maven, a Controversial Drone AI Imaging Program (gizmodo.com)

Kate Konger, reporting for Gizmodo: Google will not seek another contract for its controversial work providing artificial intelligence to the U.S. Department of Defense for analyzing drone footage after its current contract expires. Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene announced the decision at a meeting with employees Friday morning, three sources told Gizmodo. The current contract expires in 2019 and there will not be a follow-up contract, Greene said. The meeting, dubbed Weather Report, is a weekly update on Google Cloud's business. Google would not choose to pursue Maven today because the backlash has been terrible for the company, Greene said, adding that the decision was made at a time when Google was more aggressively pursuing military work. The company plans to unveil new ethical principles about its use of AI next week.

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Google's new project "MAESTRO"

[decipher_saint]

...which is all about drone-based AI assisted ... "package" ""delivery"".

I mean... I GUESS you could use this Death Ray as a weapon - but it's for PEACEFUL purposes - I swear

Good

[Anonymous Coward]

Google hires people based on skin color and genitals, which leaves them with subpar engineers. I know several of them, they're fucking nuts. You don't want them working on anything important or that needs to actually get finished.

irrelevant

[Karmashock]

google can do it or not... it won't change anything.

its happening. If various corporate cultures want to special snowflake their way out of contracts that just leaves more opportunities for rival organizations.

yawn.