The US’ new $500 billion tech initiative promises to “revolutionize” AI, “cement” America as the undisputed leader in advanced computing, and create 100,000 jobs. But it comes with grave risks for humanity.
«The relationship between Platform X and major advertising investors seems to be mending. After years of conflict characterized by the management of Elon Musk, who repeatedly favored disinformation posts and disinvested in content moderation, with his rise to the position of a representative of Donald Trump’s administration, some advertising giants have reappeared on the platform. Among these is Amazon, which a few days ago resumed investing in advertising on the social network formerly known as Twitter, as reported by the Wall Street Journal» Facta News has reported yesterday.
The rapprochement between the big tech companies and Trump’s entourage is not a first. In 2017, during the first inauguration of the Republican president, several CEOs of the main tech companies attended the ceremony, despite pre-existing tensions
1. Mark Zuckerberg, fondatore di Meta; 2. Jeff Bezos, fondatore di Amazon; al suo fianco, la compagna Lauren Sanchez; 3. Sundar Pichai, ad di Google e Alphabet; 4. Elon Musk, fondatore di Tesla e Space X.jpeg
The inauguration of January 2025, in addition to being the moment of investiture by Mark Zuckerberg (CEO of Meta), Bezos and Musk himself, has been an opportunity for other former adversaries to reconnect: Google and Microsoft have contributed over a million dollars each to the inaugural fund, while Apple is trying to maintain an open dialogue with the administration, albeit from a safe distance.
As predicted by former US Navy intelligence officer Scott Ritter,Trump and Musk are creating a powerful new establishment without giving up alliances with exponents of the “old” New World Order like Bill Gates.
Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio
Outrage as Google scraps its promise to use AI for Weapons or Surveillance
Excerpt by Daily Mail
Google has updated its AI ethical guidelines and removed a key pledge not to use the tech in a dangerous way.
The company erased the 2018 pledge on Tuesday which stated the tech giant ‘would not use AI for weapons or surveillance’. The revised policy now shows that Google will only develop AI ‘responsibly’ and in line with ‘widely accepted principles of international law and human rights.’
Google’s change has sparked internal backlash as employees called the move ‘deeply concerning’ and that the company should not be involved in ‘the business of war.’
‘AI-powered technologies could fuel surveillance and lethal killing systems at a vast scale, potentially leading to mass violations and infringing on the fundamental right to privacy,’ he added.
AI-powered technologies can ‘lead to surveillance and lethal killing systems.’
Mahmoudi warned that AI-powered technologies can ‘lead to surveillance and lethal killing systems.’
The move comes nearly seven years after Google was also involved in a military project with the US Department of Defense’s Project Maven that uses AI to help the military detect objects in images and identify potential targets.
Google removed a section of four applications from its original AI principles, released in 2018, which stated it would not pursue weapons or surveillance
DailyMail.com has reached out to Google for comment. Project Maven used Google’s AI software to analyze aerial surveillance video to look for patterns that can help military intelligence analysts.
Google released the 2018 AI principles after its employees protested its involvement with the US Department of Defense’s Project Maven. Project Maven usesAI to help the military detect objects in images and identify potential targets
In April 2018, before the principles were published, more than 3,000 Google employees penned an open letter calling on CEO Sundar Pichai to end its involvement with the project.
The tech giant pulled out of Project Maven that June and published the AI principles one week later.
Google has worked with the military on other projects such as cloud computing, AI, and disaster response since 2018, but nothing compared to Project Maven.
The updated AI principles now focus on three core tenets, the first being ‘Bold Innovation.’
‘We develop AI to assist, empower, and inspire people in almost every field of human endeavor, drive economic progress and improve lives, enable scientific breakthroughs, and help address humanity’s biggest challenges,‘ the post reads.
