“Don’t be evil” never meant anything except don’t put ads before search results and they clearly abandoned that one a long time ago.
It’s a pretty hard thing to hold back the tsunami of assholes who descend on a company once it starts making above a certain amount of money, who want to use it for evil.
I’ve said it it before: it was a command to the users. “Don’t be evil (because we see everything you do)”.
In a move that shocked absolutely nobody
It just brings their BS policy in line with reality. Don’t think for a second that they removed their statement to feel free to use AI for military purposes: they’re already doing that now.
I can’t believe I trusted Google to protect me from AI…
Future headlines right there.
… Until they get pressed by the three letter agencies and/or get a large amount of $$$
