Google signs classified Pentagon deal allowing Defense Department to use its AI models for any lawful purpose, despite employee protests over potential inhumane applications; agreement bars domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons but gives Google no veto power over operational decisions.

Google and Pentagon reportedly agree on deal for ‘any lawful’ use of AI

Jess Weatherbed is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews.Google has signed a classified deal that allows the US Department of Defense to use its AI models for “any lawful government purpose,” The Information reports. The agreement was reported less than a day after Google employees demanded CEO Sundar Pichai block the Pentagon from using its AI amid concerns that it would be used in ...