{"id":3959,"date":"2020-05-22T12:15:20","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T08:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/?p=3959"},"modified":"2020-07-19T08:26:41","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T04:26:41","slug":"google-says-wont-build-new-ai-solutions-for-fossil-fuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/google-says-wont-build-new-ai-solutions-for-fossil-fuel\/","title":{"rendered":"Google says won\u2019t build new AI solutions for fossil fuel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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File this under: minimal possible effort. Google today confirmed it will \u201cno longer develop artificial intelligence (AI) software and tools for oil and gas drilling operations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will Grannis, Managing Director of the Office of the CTO at Google Cloud, spoke with CUBE\u2019s John Furrier earlier this month in an interview where he revealed the end of Google\u2018s future involvement with fossil fuel extraction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\n\n\n\n

As The Hill\u2019s Alexandra Kelly reports<\/a>, this move comes hot on the heels of a Greenpeace expose<\/a> showing Google as one of the top three developers of AI and machine learning solutions for the fossil fuel industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It appears as though Google\u2018s reached the magical apex where profits and public opinion line up \u2013 in this case it ain\u2019t making what it used to off the fossil fuel industry and people\u2019s opinions on big oil are degrading over time. Now\u2019s probably the most logical time to cut those ties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides, as the Greepeace report shows, big oil still has Microsoft and Amazon to help with its AI needs:Credit: Greenpeace<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quick take: Google doesn\u2019t have anything to lose here. Not to mention it hasn\u2019t yet committed to not renewing its legacy contracts with big oil, so who knows whether this gesture has any merit or not. Like everything with the Mountain View company under CEO Sundar Pichai\u2018s leadership, we\u2019ll have to wait and see if the company sticks to its guns here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If this is the start of Google and Alphabet extricating themselves entirely from working with big oil, it deserves a hearty tip of the hat. I\u2019ll keep mine on until we see more evidence than a company statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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