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In his blog post on Thursday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the Internet giant will not "design or deploy" Artificial Intelligence(AI) in "weapons or other technologies whose principal purpose or implementation is to cause or directly facilitate injury to people".

Pichai, however, clarified that the company will continue to work with the US government&nbsp;and the military in many areas.&nbsp;

Pichai wrote,"we will not design or deploy AI"&nbsp;in the following application areas:

"Technologies that cause or are likely to cause overall harm. &nbsp;Where there is a material risk of harm...weapons or other technologies whose principal purpose or implementation is to cause or directly facilitate injury to people....weapons or other technologies whose principal purpose or implementation is to cause or directly facilitate injury to people...technologies that gather or use information for surveillance violating internationally accepted norms...technologies whose purpose contravenes widely accepted principles of international law and human rights".

He further specified that Artificial Intelligence&nbsp;will be used in cybersecurity, training, military recruitment and the veterans’ healthcare, and search and rescue.&nbsp;

Google's decision to retreat from a deal with the US military came in response to the severe backlash it received&nbsp;from its employees against the company's collaboration with the US military.

According to a report, the partnership of Google with the US Department of Defense had jolted the internet company.

Thousands of workers had filed a petition asking Google to stay out of "the business of war". Some even quit the company to protest against the collaboration with the military.

The backlash forced the Internet titan not to continue with the contract aimed at helping the US military analyse aerial drone imagery.

After the protest by the workers, Google has decided not to renew the "Maven" AI project with the US Defence Department after it expires in 2019. 
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After the protest by the workers, Google has decided not to renew the 'Maven' AI project with the US Defence Department after it expires in 2019

In his blog post on Thursday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the Internet giant will not "design or deploy" Artificial Intelligence(AI) in "weapons or other technologies whose principal purpose or implementation is to cause or directly facilitate injury to people". Pichai, however, clarified that the company will continue to work with the US government and the military in many areas. Pichai wrote,"we will not design or deploy AI" in the following application areas: "Technologies that cause or are likely to cause overall harm. Where there is a material risk of harm...weapons or other technologies whose principal purpose or implementation is to cause or directly facilitate injury to people....weapons or other technologies whose principal purpose or implementation is to cause or directly facilitate injury to people...technologies that gather or use information for surveillance violating internationally accepted norms...technologies whose purpose contravenes widely accepted principles of international law and human rights". He further specified that Artificial Intelligence will be used in cybersecurity, training, military recruitment and the veterans’ healthcare, and search and rescue. Google's decision to retreat from a deal with the US military came in response to the severe backlash it received from its employees against the company's collaboration with the US military. According to a report, the partnership of Google with the US Department of Defense had jolted the internet company. Thousands of workers had filed a petition asking Google to stay out of "the business of war". Some even quit the company to protest against the collaboration with the military. The backlash forced the Internet titan not to continue with the contract aimed at helping the US military analyse aerial drone imagery. After the protest by the workers, Google has decided not to renew the "Maven" AI project with the US Defence Department after it expires in 2019.

Sundar Pichai announces Google's retreat from US military's AI weapon's project

A NASA science satellite orbiting Mars was forced to make a rare evasive manoeuvre to avoid a collision next week with one of the planet&#39;s two small moons, the US&nbsp;space agency said on Thursday.

Flight controllers at NASA&#39;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, commanded the MAVEN spacecraft, which is studying Mars&#39; vanishing atmosphere, to fire up its engine on Tuesday to boost its speed by about 1.3 feet per second (0.4 metres per second).

The acceleration was necessary to slightly shift MAVEN&#39;s orbit and steer the satellite clear of the Martian moon Phobos, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said in a statement.

Without the tweak, MAVEN and the small, lumpy moon would have reached the same point in space within seven seconds of one another next Monday, March 6. In its new orbit, MAVEN will miss Phobos by about two and a hald minutes, NASA said.

MAVEN is in an egg-shaped orbit that regularly crosses the paths of other science satellites and of Phobos, which circles just 6,000 miles (9,656 kilometres) above the Martian surface, closer than any other known moon to a planet in the solar system. At that distance, Phobos whips around Mars three times a day.

Flight controllers regularly monitor MAVEN&#39;s path for potential collisions. Tuesday&#39;s evasive action was the first time MAVEN had to dodge the potato-shaped Phobos, which measures about 10 by 14 miles by 11 miles (16 by 22.5 by 18 kilometres).

MAVEN, short for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, reached the red planet in September 2014.

(Reuters)

Boosting the satellite's speed by 1.3 metres a second was needed to slightly shift MAVEN's orbit, and steer clear of the Martian moon Phobos

A NASA science satellite orbiting Mars was forced to make a rare evasive manoeuvre to avoid a collision next week with one of the planet's two small moons, the US space agency said on Thursday. Flight controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, commanded the MAVEN spacecraft, which is studying Mars' vanishing atmosphere, to fire up its engine on Tuesday to boost its speed by about 1.3 feet per second (0.4 metres per second). The acceleration was necessary to slightly shift MAVEN's orbit and steer the satellite clear of the Martian moon Phobos, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said in a statement. Without the tweak, MAVEN and the small, lumpy moon would have reached the same point in space within seven seconds of one another next Monday, March 6. In its new orbit, MAVEN will miss Phobos by about two and a hald minutes, NASA said. MAVEN is in an egg-shaped orbit that regularly crosses the paths of other science satellites and of Phobos, which circles just 6,000 miles (9,656 kilometres) above the Martian surface, closer than any other known moon to a planet in the solar system. At that distance, Phobos whips around Mars three times a day. Flight controllers regularly monitor MAVEN's path for potential collisions. Tuesday's evasive action was the first time MAVEN had to dodge the potato-shaped Phobos, which measures about 10 by 14 miles by 11 miles (16 by 22.5 by 18 kilometres). MAVEN, short for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, reached the red planet in September 2014. (Reuters)

NASA satellite orbiting Mars dodges planet's moon with rare evasive manoeuvre

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