Google updated its artificial intelligence principles on Tuesday to remove commitments around not using the technology in ways “that cause or are likely to cause overall harm.” A scrubbed section of the revised AI ethics guidelines previously committed Google to not designing or deploying AI for use in surveillance,

Google has quietly deleted its pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance, a promise that had been in place since 2018.

Google’s updated AI ethics policy removes its promise that it won’t use the technology to pursue weapons and surveillance.