Which regulatory agencies enforce this type of clause?

{'agency': 'FTC', 'reason': "FTC could investigate as deceptive practice if Google's actual conduct in military or surveillance AI contracts materially violates these stated prohibitions.", 'complaint_url': 'https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/'}

What is the severity of this clause?

ConductAtlas classifies this Dual-Use and Military AI Restriction clause as medium severity. Severity reflects the magnitude of rights affected, the breadth of users impacted, and the degree of discretion the platform retains.

Dual-Use and Military AI Restriction — Google

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What it is

Google explicitly refuses to build AI whose main purpose is to injure people, enable illegal surveillance, or violate international law — including refusing to develop autonomous weapons.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

For everyday consumers, this restriction means Google has publicly committed not to repurpose consumer AI products into weapons systems or mass surveillance tools — though the commitment is self-enforced with no external audit.

How other platforms handle this

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Why it matters (compliance & risk perspective)

This is one of the most specific and unusual restrictions published by any major technology company, creating a public commitment that constrains government contract opportunities and sets a benchmark for the AI weapons development debate.

View original clause language

We will not design or deploy AI in the following application areas: Weapons or other technologies whose principal purpose or implementation is to cause or directly facilitate injury to people. Technologies that gather or use information for surveillance violating internationally accepted norms. Technologies whose purpose contravenes widely accepted principles of international law and human rights.

Institutional analysis (Compliance & legal intelligence)

REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: International Humanitarian Law (Geneva Conventions, Additional Protocols) governs autonomous weapons development. UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Group of Governmental Experts on LAWS (Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems) is the relevant international forum. US DoD Directive 3000.09 on Autonomous Weapons Systems. EU AI Act Article 5(1)(f) prohibits AI for real-time remote biometric identification in public spaces except with judicial authorization.

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Applicable agencies

FTC

FTC could investigate as deceptive practice if Google's actual conduct in military or surveillance AI contracts materially violates these stated prohibitions.
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Provision details

Document information

Document

Google AI Principles

Entity

Google

Document last updated

March 24, 2026

Tracking information

First tracked

March 6, 2026

Last verified

April 9, 2026

Record ID

CA-P-002369

Document ID

CA-D-00016

Evidence Provenance

Source URL

https://ai.google/responsibility/principles/

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9ebc422713724c8a5f3a92a7071619ee6dc70dba4faf04a1f3a087c3ac08c42f

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How to Cite

ConductAtlas Policy Archive
Entity: Google | Document: Google AI Principles | Record: CA-P-002369
Captured: 2026-03-06 20:30:33 UTC | SHA-256: 9ebc422713724c8a…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/google/google-ai-principles/dual-use-and-military-ai-restriction/
Accessed: April 29, 2026

Classification

Severity

Medium

Dual-Use and Military AI Restriction