Google's one time slogan was 'Do not Be Evil'. Many of the employees of this organization are considered to be the mantra. Many people are not in favor of the technology or services that can be used for deadly purposes. A group of employees of the US Defense Department headquarters unmasked a Pentagon project.
They are afraid that the Pentagon is using technology that uses artificial intelligence to be lethal. They do not want to be involved in this project. In the face of this dissatisfaction with the employees, US technology has decided not to renew the contract with the Google Pentagon. The end of the project is coming to an end next year.
The name of the Pentagon's project is so pronounced, named Maven. Google's cloud business division was contracted with Pentagon to work with the Maven project. The head of the project is named Diane Green He sat on weekly discussions with Google employees on Friday. Green said about the US military's withdrawal from the artificial intelligence project. A source participating in that discussion gave the information without disclosing the name.
Particularly 'project maven', the Pentagon's main goal of the project is to create self-controlled weapons, which, using artificial intelligence, can identify targets as targets. Pentagon wants to integrate the artificial intelligence supplied by Google to a military drone. Google's many artificial intelligence researchers expressed concerns about the issue.
However, military linkage with the United States's largest organization of Silicon Valley is not unusual. Google's internal inconsistency about the Maven project is now a great opportunity for rival Amazon and Microsoft. The Pentagon agreed to a deal without the intervention of any worker there.
Google has a great problem now. Such a deal does not go with the mantra of their business. Many tech experts in the company believe that the Internet company is cheating Google's ideals. But Google's business personnel say that if the company does not agree to do such work within Google, then the trade with the US Department of Defense will be reduced.
Gizmodo, a famous US magazine for military and civilian technology, submitted a number of senior Google staffers resigning from the Pentagon's Maven project. Apart from this, many activists signed an internal application requesting direct contact with the Pentagon. According to The Week, this number is around four thousand.
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Pentagon wants to create artificial intelligence drone in Maven project
New York Times reports that many senior officials of the company have expressed doubts about the impact of Google and Pentagon's agreement. While doing business with the Pentagon, many researchers of artificial intelligence were at risk of raging Google. They will not do the work, they will tell.
United States Secretary of Defense Jeff Mattis wants support and support from various technology organizations to integrate artificial intelligence at the center of US arms planning. But the decision that Google made on Friday will be a big obstacle in his plan.
What will happen when Google comes out? Analysts say many more organizations are looking forward to working with the Pentagon. However, no defense spokesman made any direct comment on this.
Google's income from the Maven project is less. One employee of the company said, the revenue of the Maven project is not exactly compatible with Google. Only $ 9 million or one year and a half can be just $ 50 million US dollars. In the last year, for the organization that earns 1,110 crore, there are few.
However, the heads of a few other organizations see the fact that Google's large-scale earnings are being reported. In September last year, a Google employee said that they are hoping to earn 25 million dollars a year from the Maven project. Apart from this, for the cloud, there are more opportunities to get more projects for Google.
In response to the protests by the employees, the organization's authority has said that the decision to publish certain policies in the selection of defense and artificial intelligence agreements was discussed. Project Chief Green said on Friday that the policy will be released next week.
