Project Maven

Google to not renew contract with the US military for Project Maven after facing opposition from its employees

Google will not renew Project Maven to help the US military analyse aerial drone imagery as the company moves to defuse internal uproar over the deal.

Google employees quit as company continues to work on AI drone project with US Department of Defense: Report

The resignations were followed by close to 4,000 workers demanding an end to the Google's participation in Project Maven in a petition.

Google is drafting new ethical standards for using technology after employees expressed anger over a US Defence Dept project

Greene promised employees that Google would not sign up for any further work on ‘Maven’ or similar projects without having new ethical principles in place, according to Defense One’s sources.

Google employees ask CEO Sundar Pichai to pull out of Project Maven, a US DoD project for enabling drone warfare

Project Maven uses Google's TensorFlow software and image-recognition algorithms to scan through millions of hours of drone footage.