Turner says Google deleted its own AI principles
Turner says DeepMind's 2014 acquisition reportedly barred military use, and a 2018 pledge barred lethal autonomous weapons. He says Google deleted those AI principles in 2025 while its CEO claimed nothing changed, which he argues cannot both be true.
When Google bought DeepMind in 2014, the deal reportedly specified that DeepMind's technology would never be used for military or intelligence purposes.
In 2018, DeepMind and its leaders pledged never to support lethal autonomous weapon systems or development.
Google's own AI principles listed specifically weapons and surveillance among the applications it would not pursue.
In 2025, Google deleted those principles, as announced in a blog post by the then-CEO Demis.
Afterward, in both an external interview and an internal all-hands, Dennis claimed nothing's changed about our principles, but both these facts cannot be true.