Daily Mail: Google is working with the Pentagon to equip military drones with people-tracking AI in secretive 'Project Maven' deal, report claims
* Google is working with the Department of Defense on secretive 'Project Maven'
* Project Maven is tasked with equipping drones with artificial intelligence.
* This would allow unmanned vehicles to detect and identify objects in war zones
* Some Google employees are 'outraged' that the firm is working with the military to develop surveillance technologies, others say it raises ethical questions
The Pentagon may have gained a new, high-profile partner for its sophisticated AI system used to hunt for militants in Iraq and Syria.
Silicon Valley giant Google is working with the Department of Defense to develop advanced artificial intelligence for analyzing drone footage, Gizmodo reported, citing sources close to the situation.
The partnership centers around Project Maven, which is the codename for a system that analyzes aerial surveillance video to look for patterns that can military intelligence analysts.
And it seems some Google employees aren't happy with the move.
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More News On Working With The Pentagon To Equip Military Drones With AI
Google Is Helping the Pentagon Build AI for Drones -- Gizmodo
Google helps Pentagon analyze military drone footage—employees “outraged” -- Ars Technica
The Defense Department is taking on ISIS with Google's open-source AI software -- MIT Technology Review
Pentagon Drone Program Is Using Google AI -- Bloomberg
Google Is Quietly Providing AI Technology for Drone Strike Targeting Project -- The Intercept
Google is using its AI skills to help the Pentagon learn to analyze drone footage -- The Verge
4 comments:
Working with the Pentagon is just being a patriot. What is wrong with that?
Bad idea for the US military to even consider partnering with google. Their agenda from the top down is quite against any US military success.
They’d be hiring a legion of saboteurs.
Russ,
I agree entirely. Surely there is someone else the Pentagon could work with that could do this job. All of our adversaries and potential adversaries are working on this. It would seem experiential commonsense that America should be as well.
Google does seem to want to get cozy with China. Working with Google very likely means our military secrets that would need to be shared with Google get turned over to the Chinese.
Google got in bed with the US govt years ago, any employees not realizing that ought to be let go on grounds of stupidity. I suspect the outrage is that Google the for profit corporation isn't on board with #Resistance.
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