Google employees ask Sundar Pichai to say no to classified military AI use

Source: The Verge

Over 600 Google employees signed a letter to CEO Sundar Pichi demanding that Google block the Pentagon from using its AI models for classified purposes, reports The Washington Post. The organizers say many signers work in Google’s DeepMind AI lab and include more than 20 principals, directors, and vice presidents.

The letter states: “The only way to guarantee that Google does not become associated with such harms is to reject any classified workloads. Otherwise, such uses may occur without our knowledge or the power to stop them.”

Read the full story at The Verge.