Briefly SmartlyGoogle has updated its AI principles, taking back its promise not to pursue AI applications in weaponry on February 4.
The company disclosed this change as a note in its 2018 AI Principles blog post.
Similarly, Meta announced in November last year that it would provide its open-source Llama AI models to U.S. defense and national security agencies.
As such, Google’s AI Principles are indicative of a shift in tech companies’ stance on military uses of AI models.
Even though AI companies specify they will take steps to prevent user harm, they no longer want to outrightly ban military use cases of AI.

Google updates AI Principles, removes military application ban