Google inks Pentagon deal for classified AI work
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In an open letter, Google workers say doing a deal with the Department of Defense would hurt the tech giant's reputation.
The Department of Defense is broadening its deployment of Alphabet Inc.'s GOOG GOOGL Google Gemini artificial intelligence model for classified national security projects as it diversifies military AI partnerships following Anthropic's exclusion from defense contracts.
The workforce protest marks a new effort by workers in Silicon Valley to try to curtail the use of AI and the risks associated with such tools in classified national security settings.
A soldier involved in Nicolás Maduro's capture allegedly placed insider bets on Polymarket using classified information, winning nearly $410,000.