Ben Lovejoy, 9to5Mac:

Apple has cancelled Xnor.ai’s Pentagon contract for military drone work following the iPhone maker’s acquisition of the AI company.

Xnor.ai was reportedly working on the controversial Project Maven, which is using AI to identify people and objects in drone video and photos.

I don’t expect we’ll ever get an official comment on this, so take with a grain of salt. But we’ll know the truth of this over time, no question.

Is this Apple picking their battles, or freeing up their newly acquired team to focus on Apple stuff?