Google retracts promise not to use AI for weapons or surveillance — prompting employee backlash: ‘Are we the baddies?’
The company’s historical reluctance to engage in military AI projects stems from employee-led protests in 2018, when workers ...
Google Rolls Back AI Promises and DEI Measures As Staff Ask, ‘Are We the Bad Guys Now?’
Google’s unofficial motto used to be 'don’t be evil,' but that sentiment sits in sharp contrast to recent leadership decisions that have angered some employees.
Google scraps diversity-based hiring targets
Alphabet's Google is scrapping its goal to hire more employees from underrepresented groups and is reviewing some of its ...
Google employees unhappy with company’s new AI guidelines on weapons and surveillance
Google recently updated its guidelines about using AI for weapons and surveillance. The new update is in contrast to what ...
Google employees respond after company drops its promise on AI weapons: 'Are we the baddies?'
After Google scrubbed wording that promised not to use AI for weapons, some staffers slammed the decision in the company's ...
Silicon Valley workers quietly protest Big Tech’s rightward shift
Tech CEOs' recent visible support for President Donald Trump has caused consternation in their workforces, and some employees ...
Meta agrees to pay $25 million to settle lawsuit from Trump after Jan. 6 suspension
President Trump's accounts on Facebook and Instagram were suspended following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. They ...
DeepSeek’s censorship is a warning shot — and a wake-up call
DeepSeek has upset the top echelons of the AI order, with a dash of Chinese censorship. Experts tell us there is more to the ...
The Libs Are Having Their Paranoia Moment
A rightward turn in the tech world has some users on edge.
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Trump’s Attempt to Redefine America
The effect of the President’s executive orders was to convey an open season, in which virtually nothing—including who gets to ...
$TRUMP was just the beginning: The new administration is finding all sorts of ways to cash in
Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Mark Zuckerberg know that when a president chases a payday this hard, no one has to be shy about ...
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How Meta’s policy updates could encourage hate and threaten democracy
CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement to Meta’s policy echoes language President Donald Trump has used for years to attack ...