Google has made one of the most substantive changes to its AI principles since first publishing them in 2018. In a change spotted by The Washington Post, the search giant edited the document to remove pledges it had made promising it would not "design or deploy" AI tools for use in weapons or surveillance technology.

The firm has rewritten the principles guiding its use of AI, dropping a section which ruled out uses that were "likely to cause harm". In a blog post Google senior vice president James Manyika, and Demis Hassabis,

Google has changed its mind on building military AI. The change appears in the tech giant’sResponsible AI Progress Report for 2024, releasedTuesday, with updated AI Principles t