Google is pulling its AI tools and software from projects dedicated to fossil fuel extraction

Google has announced it will no longer build custom AI or machine learning tools for oil and gas companies. The move comes in response to a report from Greenpeace called'Oil in the Cloud,' which identified the tech giant as one of three main tech companies helping fossil fuel companies expand their extraction projects. While Google still has a number of current contracts it says it will honor, a company spokesperson said that moving forward it will no longer build custom AI or machine learning algorithms'to facilitate upstream extraction in the oil and gas industry.' The spokesperson pointed out that the company receives just $65million in annual revenue through Google Cloud from oil and gas companies, less than one percent of the total revenue from cloud services. Greenpeace was encouraged by Google's response and called on other major tech companies to follow suit, saying it has already had'productive conversations' with many.