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news The Hindu 2026-04-27

600 Google Staff Advise CEO Against Military AI Contract

Staff from Google DeepMind and Cloud penned a letter urging CEO Sundar Pichai to reject classified military AI contracts. This comes as Google is actively negotiating with the U.S. Department of Defense to deploy its Gemini AI model.


The letter, addressed to Chief Executive Sundar Pichai and signed by workers from Google DeepMind, Cloud, and other divisions, comes as the tech giant is in active negotiations with the U.S. Department of Defence to deploy its flagship Gemini AI model in classified settings

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