‘Only choice to resign’: Google director quits, says Pentagon AI deal ‘abandons’ Pichai’s own principles

Unlike the ongoing wave of layoffs sweeping the tech industry and prompting top employees to pen heartbreaking farewell posts on social media, a Google director has chosen to walk away from the tech giant of his own accord. Back in 2017, the Sundar Pichai-led company made Rene Mayrhofer an offer he couldn’t refuse, appointing him Director of Android Platform Security. Nearly a decade later, he has quit Google, saying that it was no longer the same company he joined nine years ago.