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Google employees call for military limits on AI amid Iran strikes, Anthropic fallout

Tech workers at Google, OpenAI and peers circulated letters calling for clearer limits on military AI use amid U.S. strikes on Iran.
Alphabet reportedly negotiating with the Pentagon to deploy Gemini on classified systems, reviving internal debates over military AI.
Open letters include signatories from hundreds of Google and OpenAI employees urging restraint and transparency.
The open letters stress decrying mass surveillance and autonomous weapons by contractors for the Department of Defense.
The Pentagon blacklisted Anthropic amid Iran strikes, intensifying scrutiny of AI vendors for defense use.
Alphabet has remained largely silent on the negotiations over Gemini for classified deployments.
Past protests, like Project Maven and Nimbus, shape current employee concerns about military AI deals.
Tech workers advocate for greater contract transparency with the DOD and other agencies.
No-Tech-For-Apartheid coalition urged major cloud providers to reject Pentagon terms enabling mass surveillance.
The debate highlights broader tensions between defense needs and tech workers' ethics concerns.

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