This commitment to scientific openness and peer collaboration is relevant to evaluating whether Google's AI safety and bias claims are independently verifiable or purely self-assessed.
Google's AI Principles set out aspirational commitments about what kinds of AI the company will and won't build, which indirectly affects every person who uses Google products β from Search to Gemini to Google Workspace. However, the document creates no legally enforceable rights for consumers: there is no opt-out mechanism, no user complaint pathway, and no independent auditor verifying compliance with the stated principles. You can file a complaint with the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov if you believe Google's AI practices contradict its publicly stated principles.