米グーグル、「ＡＩ基本理念」から兵器利用禁止原則を削除

【サンフランシスコＡＦＰ＝時事】米ＩＴ大手グーグルは４日、人工知能（ＡＩ）開発に関する「基本理念」を更新し、これまで掲げていた「武器」や「監視」に資するＡＩ開発や提供はしないとする原則を削除した。（写真は、中国北京で、グーグルのオフィスが入る建物の外に置かれた同社ロゴ）
　スンダー・ピチャイ最高経営責任者（ＣＥＯ）はこれまで、人々に危害を与える武器や、「国際的に認められた規範に反するような監視のために情報を収集、使用するための」技術については、設計や展開はしないとの基本理念を掲げていた。
　しかし、４日に更新された最新版では、こうした文言は削除されている。
　更新内容に関するＡＦＰの問い合わせに対し、グーグルの広報担当者は、ピチャイ氏が２０１８年に初めて表明した原則には触れず、同社のＡＩ原則を概説したブログ投稿を参照するよう促した。
　それによると最新版には、「自由、平等、人権尊重といった核心的価値観」を共有する「企業、政府、組織が協力して人々を守り、世界的な成長を促進し、国家安全保障を支援するＡＩを創造すべきだと信じている」との文言が盛り込まれた。
　ピチャイ氏は他のＩＴ大手首脳らと共に、ドナルド・トランプ大統領の就任式に出席していた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2025/02/05-18:10）

Google on Tuesday updated its principles when it comes to artificial intelligence, removing vows not to use the technology for weapons or surveillance.
Revised AI principles were posted just weeks after Google chief executive Sundar Pichai and other tech titans attended the inauguration of US President Donald Trump.
When asked by AFP about the change, a Google spokesperson referred to a blog post outlining the company's AI principles that made no mention of the promises, which Pichai first outlined in 2018.
We believe democracies should lead in AI development, guided by core values like freedom, equality, and respect for human rights, read an updated AI principles blog post by Google DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis and research labs senior vice president James Manyika.
And we believe that companies, governments, and organizations sharing these values should work together to create AI that protects people, promotes global growth, and supports national security, it continued.
Pichai had previously stated that the company would not design or deploy the technology for weapons designed to hurt people or that gather or use information for surveillance violating internationally accepted norms.
That wording was gone from the updated AI principles shared by Google on Tuesday.
Upon taking office, Trump quickly rescinded an executive order by his predecessor, former president Joe Biden, mandating safety practices for AI.
Companies in the race to lead the burgeoning AI field in the United States now have fewer obligations to adhere to, such as being required to share test results signalling the technology has serious risks to the nation, its economy or its citizens.
Google noted in its blog post that it publishes an annual report about its AI work and progress.
There's a global competition taking place for AI leadership within an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape, Hassabis and Manyika said in their post.
Billions of people are using AI in their everyday lives.
Google's original AI principles were published after employee backlash to its involvement in a Pentagon research project looking into using AI to improve the ability of weapons systems to identify targets.
Google ended its involvement in the project.