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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 · 22h

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 scraps its diversity hiring goals

Forbes · 2h

Google Ends Diversity Hiring Goals—Here Are All The Companies Rolling Back DEI

Following Trump's lead, organizations including Walmart, Lowe’s and Meta have announced they would scale back their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

PCMag on MSN · 1h

Google Ends Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Hiring Goals

According to an internal memo, the company is also reevaluating changes to its other DEI programs 'to comply with recent court decisions and US Executive Orders.'

New York Post on MSN · 18h

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 latest major company to walk back the controversial initiatives. Alphabet’s annual filing with the SEC on Wednesday showed it omitted a line saying it was “committed to making diversity,

Google also announces its Thinking model with Gemini

SiliconANGLE · 23h

Google expands access to Gemini 2.0 AI models and debuts experimental versions

To start, Google is making an updated Gemini 2.0 Flash generally available in Google AI Studio and Vertex AI, the company’s managed machine learning development platform. This follows the company making 2.

TechCrunch on MSN · 1d

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,

MacRumors · 20h

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.

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 ...

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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 ...

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Google fumbled its big Gemini AI ad for the Big Game

Google released a new Gemini AI for the Super Bowl game, which sparked a Gouda cheese controversy that Google had to fix.

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 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 ...

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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 plans $75B investment to build out cloud AI capacity

The majority of the spending will target technical infrastructure, including servers and data centers, CFO Anat Ashkenazi ...

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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 ...

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 drops pledge not to use AI for weapons

Google scraps its diversity hiring goals

Google also announces its Thinking model with Gemini

Cloud-Computing Slowdown Knocks Google Sales

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