This is because of ethical reasons: one of the conditions that Deepmind made with Google in their deal was for an "embargo on using its technology for military

This is because of ethical reasons: one of the conditions that Deepmind made with Google in their deal was for an "embargo on using its technology for military and intelligence applications." Source: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/16/demis-hassabis-artificial-intelligence-deepmind-alphago http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/16/demis-hass...