Google's new Pentagon bid is already riling some employees

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Google's new Pentagon bid is already riling some employees who are concerned the company's AI technology will be used for weapons and war

The decision is already riling some employees who are venting their frustration on internal forums.Three years after Google gave up a controversial military contract, the company is once again looking to work with the Pentagon.reported on Wednesday that Google was working on a proposal for the Defense Department's Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability , a lucrative contract in which Google's technology would be used for military purposes.

Now, with news that Alphabet's Google is hoping to renew a partnership with the Defense Department, some employees are concerned once again. a tweet on Wednesday"They have spent yrs firing organizers & limiting transparency b/c the bottom line is all that matters to Google," it wrote."Workers will fight this—& we will win again."

One meme took an image of Mark Zuckerberg announcing his company's new name, Meta, and swapped it for Google CEO Sundar Pichai rebranding his company as"Pentagon.", which features Homer Simpson trying to disguise himself using a false moustache, which was captioned:"Who is 'Project Maven'? I'm 'Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability.

"We strongly believe a multi-cloud strategy offers the department the best solution today and in the future," a Google spokesperson told Insider in a statement."We are firmly committed to serving our public sector customers, including the DoD, Department of Energy, NIH, and many other government agencies, and we will evaluate any future bid opportunities accordingly.

 

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