Yesterday, they changed their policy on “AI that causes harm."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy081nqx2zjo
I have always had a love/hate/love for what Google (and Microsoft) are doing. My Defcon level has been rising for the last couple of years when I watched the Windows 11 OS as a spyware process that Microsoft seems to be taking. With the end of support for Windows 10 looming, I plan to execute some actions. But I digress. This is about Google.
At one customer's request, I moved them to Google Workspace a couple of weeks ago. I am about to migrate another customer to something this week, and we were thinking of Google. Now I am not sure it is a good idea.
I have multiple customers who use Chromebooks; my family uses some Google hardware and software, including one of the TVs in the house.
My moral compass is spinning like something in a movie. So, I write this all down to help me think, share it with others, and finally get it out of the back of my brain.
Personally, I think it will be hard to eliminate all things Google. In our world, this may seem like a very small thing.
No more Gmail, no more Chrome OS, no more Android, no more browsers based on Chromium .
That is not all; what services are we using that use Google or Microsoft as the cloud back end? My head hurts.
