Google employees quit over the company's military AI project

About a dozen Google employees reportedly left the company over its insistence on developing AI for the US military through a program called Project Maven. Meanwhile 4,000 others signed a petition demanding the company stop. It looks like there's some internal confusion over whether the company's "Don't Be Evil" motto covers making machine learning systems to aid warfare. It's happening, Join 15k digital minds to shape what's next for your business If you believe that: We've got a bridge to sell you. But more to the point, the petition that's floating around (with more than 4,000 signatures) addresses the company's leaders' assertion that it's doing nothing wrong: Recently, Googlers voiced concerns about Maven internally.