After Google scrubbed wording that promised not to use AI for weapons, some staff slammed the decision in the company's internal message board.

Google updated its artificial intelligence principles on Tuesday to remove commitments around not using the technology in ways “that cause or are likely to cause overall harm.” A scrubbed section of the revised AI ethics guidelines previously committed Google to not designing or deploying AI for use in surveillance,

Google has quietly deleted its pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance, a promise that had been in place since 2018.