The move comes after the report detailed links between Google, Amazon and Microsoft and oil and gas companies.
Google on Tuesday said it is no longer building custom AI or machine learning tools that help oil and gas companies extract fossil fuels, breaking with Amazon and Microsoft in a big win for environmental groups.... [+]Google said in a statement toit will no longer “build custom A.I.
alone could lead to emissions greater than 20% of Microsoft’s annual carbon footprint,” the Greenpeace report says.This isn’t the first time Google has ended a business relationship with a controversial client. After intense media scrutiny and legions of protests from its own employees, Google decided not renew a contract with the Pentagon in 2018 for Project Maven, a program that used Google’s AI to make military drones more accurate.
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