Doesn't Google have enough spreadsheets?!

Google just bought a stake in the maker of Eve Online to train its AI models - Engadget

https://www.engadget.com/2166270/google-just-bought-a-stake-in-the-maker-of-eve-online-to-train-its-ai-models/

#Google #DeepMind #EveOnline #AI #CCPGames #Gaming #Tech

🪧Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals

“A lot of people here bought into the Google DeepMind tagline ‘to build AI responsibly to benefit humanity,’” the DeepMind employee told WIRED. “The direction of travel is to further militarization of the AI models we’re building here.”

https://www.wired.com/story/google-deepmind-workers-vote-to-unionize-over-military-ai-deals/

#deepmind #israel #ai #humanrights

Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals

UK staff of Google’s AI research lab hope to block the use of the company’s artificial intelligence models in military settings.

WIRED

Google DeepMind is partnering with EVE Online developer Fenris Creations to test AI models in the game's complex, player-driven systems. This partnership aims to advance AI research in areas like long-horizon planning and continual learning.

I remember playing this game quite a lot from 2005 to 2015, including prolonged stays in nullsec and building our own outposts. I can confirm that "spreadsheet wars" were real.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/05/google-deepmind-partners-with-eve-online-for-ai-model-testing/

#EVEOnline #DeepMind #AI #AITraining

Google DeepMind partners with EVE Online for AI model testing

Move comes as CCP Games spends $120M to go independent, rebrands as Fenris Creations.

Ars Technica

Spooked by #Mythos , #Trump suddenly realized #AI safety testing might be good

This week, the Trump administration backpedaled and signed agreements with #Google #DeepMind , #Microsoft , and #xAI to run government safety checks on the firms' frontier AI models before and after their release.
#privacy #security

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/everything-that-could-go-wrong-with-trumps-ai-safety-tests-according-to-experts/

Spooked by Mythos, Trump suddenly realized AI safety testing might be good

Trump forced to admit Biden was right on AI safety testing.

Ars Technica

This is why its hard for me to condemn actual workers of these companies.

They are in survival mode and fighting like hell!

Google’s Pentagon AI deal reportedly drove the DeepMind team to unionize - Engadget

https://www.engadget.com/2164765/google-us-military-deepmind-union/

#Google #Deepmind #Pentagon #AI #Union #Tech