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Anna Butrico
Chief of Staff at Odgers Berndtson U.S. and co-author (with GEN (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal) of Risk: A User's Guide; provides commentary on ethics, technology, and Project Maven in this episode.
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Nov 17, 2025
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Google’s secret “Project Maven”: Evil—or moral? | Anna Butrico
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Anna Butrico, Chief of Staff at Odgers Berndtson and co-author of Risk: A User's Guide, dives into the contentious history of Google's Project Maven. She challenges the morality of tech companies collaborating with the military in an AI arms race. Butrico traces Google's 'Don't Be Evil' slogan and highlights employee protests when they discovered the partnership's implications. She explores the cultural clash between innovation and ethics, questioning how we define 'evil' in today's complex technological landscape.
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