‘We call on you, Sundar’: Google employees urge CEO to reject classified AI deal with US military

Months after Anthropic took a stand against the Pentagon’s desire to use AI for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons systems, there’s activity at Google regarding the same. Over 600 Google employees, including senior leaders from Google DeepMind and Cloud divisions, have reportedly signed an open letter, urging CEO Sundar Pichai to reject a proposed Pentagon contract that wants to deploy the company’s Gemini AI model in classified military operations.