be used to find missing people but also for
“nefarious reasons” which he didn’t specify.
In 2018, Google pledged not to use AI in
applications related to weapons, surveillance
that violates international norms, or that works
in ways that go against human rights.
Pichai was also due to meet Frans Timmermans,
the EU commissioner overseeing the European
Green Deal, the bloc’s plan to fight climate
change by making the continent carbon neutral
by 2050, including through technology. He’s
then scheduled to head to the World Economic
Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week.
Image: Andrew Harrer