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Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons

Google employees respond after company drops its promise on AI weapons: 'Are we the baddies?'

After Google scrubbed wording that promised not to use AI for weapons, some staff slammed the decision in the company's internal message board.

The Washington Post · 1d

Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance

Google changed its public AI policies to remove assertions that it would not develop AI applied to surveillance or weapons.

ZDNet · 20h

Google releases responsible AI report while removing its anti-weapons pledge

That's notable given that, at the same time, the company removed from its website its pledge not to use AI to build weapons or surveil citizens, as Bloomberg reported. The section

Google Launches Gemini 2.0 for Everyone. Here Are Highlights

CNET on MSN · 1h

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.

MacRumors · 18h

Google Launches New Versions of Gemini, Including 'Thinking' Model

Google today announced updates to Gemini, the company's AI product that competes with OpenAI's ChatGPT, DeepSeek, and Apple Intelligence.

TechCrunch on MSN · 22h

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,

Google scraps diverse hiring targets

The Associated Press on MSN · 13h

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 abandoning or scaling back their diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

Mashable on MSN · 6h

Google scraps diverse hiring targets following Trump's crusade against DEI

Google has become the latest big tech company to scrap diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the wake of President Donald Trump 's attacks against such programs.

NBC News on MSN · 15h

Google rolls back DEI efforts, including hiring goals

Google’s parent company has removed mention of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” from its annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission and ended hiring goals for representation this week as corporate America experiences the ripple effects of the Trump administration’s targeting of DEI policies within the federal government.

Cloud-Computing Slowdown Knocks Google Sales

Bloomberg on MSN · 1d

Alphabet Slides After Cloud Sales Fall Short of Expectations

Google parent Alphabet Inc. posted fourth-quarter revenue that missed analysts’ expectations as growth in its cloud business slowed. The shares fell more than 8%.

Wall Street Journal · 1d

Cloud-Computing Slowdown Knocks Google Sales; Alphabet Stock Slides

A slowdown in cloud-computing sales dragged down Google’s revenue growth last quarter, knocking shares of parent company Alphabet. Its stock slid 7.5% ahead of the open. Read more:

MarketWatch · 1d

Alphabet earnings: What to expect on AI and the cloud, with Google parent’s stock near a record

Alphabet reports fourth-quarter earnings after Tuesday's closing bell. Investors will be focused on cloud momentum and AI traction, with shares of the Google and YouTube parent company holding fast near the record levels achieved last week.

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Google will end a core DEI program — and evaluate others, company says

The change comes after President Trump’s sweeping executive orders and a broader anti-DEI pullback at other big companies ...

Google CEO downplays DeepSeek threat as the company plans to spend $75 billion on AI this year

Google CEO Sundar Pichai tried to allay concerns about DeepSeek, boasting that Google's own AI models were comparable.

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Google ends hiring targets tied to diversity

Google is the latest company to roll back DEI efforts amid more political pressure to do so under President Trump.

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Google axes diversity hiring targets in latest DEI retreat by major firm

Google will reportedly scrap its diversity hiring targets and review some of the tech giant’s DEI initiatives — becoming the ...

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Google Unwinds Employee Diversity Goals, Citing Trump’s D.E.I. Orders

The Silicon Valley giant also said it was reviewing other diversity programs and initiatives and would update them if they ...

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Google halts workplace diversity push

Google parent company Alphabet has stopped making diversity and inclusion a workplace priority, according to a filing ...

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Google to tout AI impact on small businesses during Super Bowl

Google is highlighting an array of small businesses that are benefitting from its AI models during one of the most televised ...

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Google Is About to Cut Employees Again, and It Just Did the 1 Thing Every Company Should Do

Google will offer severance to employees who voluntarily choose to leave its platforms and devices group. In January of 2023 ...

Google's latest change to its AI policies signals how Silicon Valley is warming up to the defense industry

Google's latest update of its ethical AI guidelines included omitting previous commitments against using technology for ...

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