Google bows out of bidding for $10 billion contract due to new AI principles
The search giant says that the Pentagon's work does not comply with its new ethical commitments around artificial intelligence

Google was competing against Microsoft and Amazon to win the Pentagon’s JEDI project
Google has withdrawn from the bidding for a $10 billion Pentagon contract, citing its new ethical guidelines on AI. Google is not the only tech giant to have been competing to win the Department of...
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