600+ Google employees, mainly from DeepMind AI lab, petition CEO Sundar Pichai Monday to refuse Pentagon classified AI work—fear technology could enable lethal weapons, mass surveillance without their knowledge after rival Anthropic dropped by Defense Department in February for similar restrictions.

Google workers petition CEO to refuse classified AI work with Pentagon

SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds of Google employees sent a letter to the company’s CEO on Monday demanding that he bar the Pentagon from using Google’s artificial intelligence for classified work, two months after rival AI company Anthropic was dropped by the Defense Department for requesting a similar restriction.The letter was signed by more than 600 Google employees, many from its elite DeepMind AI lab, according to a copy of the letter seen by The Washington Post. It asked the company’s chief execu...