Google on Tuesday said it is no longer building custom AI or machine learning tools that help oil and gas companies extract fossil fuels, breaking with Amazon and Microsoft in a big win for environmental groups.... [+]Google said in a statement toit will no longer “build custom A.I.
alone could lead to emissions greater than 20% of Microsoft’s annual carbon footprint,” the Greenpeace report says.This isn’t the first time Google has ended a business relationship with a controversial client. After intense media scrutiny and legions of protests from its own employees, Google decided not renew a contract with the Pentagon in 2018 for Project Maven, a program that used Google’s AI to make military drones more accurate.