Google drops out of Pentagon drone swarm contest, Bloomberg reports

Google dropped out of a Pentagon prize challenge to create technology for voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarms after it was among the successful submissions, citing a lack of “resourcing,” Bloomberg’s Katrina Manson reports. The decision followed an internal ethics review, according to records. The company notified the government it wouldn’t participate further in the initiative a few weeks after the proposal was submitted, according to another person briefed on the matter.