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Trump, 'Roseanne,' Arkady Babchenko: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing
It recently won a share of the contract for the Maven program, which uses artificial intelligence to interpret video images and could be used for drone strikes. By reviewing emails and documents and interviewing about a dozen insiders at Google, our reporters got a detailed picture of how the news fractured its work force, fueling heated staff meetings and prompting employees with moral objections to resign. Executives now face this dilemma: Proceeding with defense contracts could drive away brainy experts in artificial intelligence; rejecting such work would deprive the company of a potentially huge business.