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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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