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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 axes diversity hiring targets

Hosted on MSN · 2h

Google scraps diversity-based hiring targets

Alphabet's Google is scrapping its goal to hire more employees from underrepresented groups and is reviewing some of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiati

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.

LA Times on MSN · 12h

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.

Google also announces its Thinking model with Gemini

Lifehacker on MSN · 40m

Google Just Launched Gemini 2.0 Flash and Pro for Users and Developers

Google has upgraded its Gemini offerings across the board with Gemini 2.0 Flash and Gemini 2.0 Pro. Here's what's new and where it's available.

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,

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 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 ...

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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Google whiffed on cloud, but what’s happening in search is the real area to keep an eye on

Search remains Google's most important business. The impact of AI on the company's cash cow remains an open question.

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Google expects to spend $75 billion this year on the AI race

AI continues to benefit Google’s business as well. Overall revenues are up 12 percent year-over-year to $96.5 billion. Google ...

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Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons

Google axes diversity hiring targets

Google also announces its Thinking model with Gemini

Cloud-Computing Slowdown Knocks Google Sales

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