As Anthropic clashed with Department of Defense, Google Cloud CEO quietly met Pentagon officials signalling a change

Google which had reportedly decided to abstain from military work in the year 2018 is now rebuilding its relationship with the Defense Department. According to a report in the New York Times, as Anthropic and its CEO Dario Amodei clashed with the Department of Defense last month over the use of artificial intelligence in warfare, a top Google executive quietly met with Pentagon officials. As per the report, on February 26, Google Cloud CEO Thomas sat down with Emil Michael, the Pentagon official in charge of selecting AI tools for the Defense Department to pitch the company as defense partner..

Google is said to already have business with the Pentagon, and Kurian offered a reliable, expanded supply of some of the best AI tools on the market.