Google is aggressively pursuing a major cloud computing and AI contract with the Pentagon, three years after employee outcry ended similar work on Project Maven
& we will win again. https://www.nytimes.com/... @alphabetworkers : Our working conditions include our ethical concerns. Workers should have full transparency on the real world impacts of our labor AND our labor should not be used to perpetuate violence at home or abroad. https://twitter.com/... Jack Poulson / @_jack_poulson : It seems worth adding to this that Google is one of five recipients for the multi-billion dollar C2E CIA cloud contract (alongside Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon, and IBM) and won a secure cloud contract with the DoD through the DIU. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Tom Simonite / @tsimonite : Google in 2018 on why it wouldn't bid for giant JEDI military contract: “We couldn't be assured that it would align with our AI principles” Google in 2021: Apparently bidding for JEDI's successor the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability https://www.nytimes.com/... Karen Weise / @kyweise : Google backed out of the original JEDI cloud computing contract amid employee pressures over AI ethics, but now wants in on its reincarnation... https://twitter.com/... @zoeschiffer : Wow, great scoop from @kateconger. “It is unclear whether the work, which would provide the Defense Department access to Google's cloud products, would violate Google's A.I. principles, although the department has said the tech is expected to support the military in combat.” https://twitter.com/... Emma Vigeland / @emmavigeland : Pretty terrifying! https://twitter.com/... @mvhaydencenter : Good on ya, @Google! Tech innovation in US nat'l security needs to be a whole-of-nation effort. That includes US industry. https://www.nytimes.com/... @stevesi : Google Wants to Work with the Pentagon Again, Despite Employee Concerns // Which is more evil: supporting the elected government of the country that provides the sovereignty and framework to operate and thrive or not supporting it? https://www.nytimes.com/... Sar Haribhakti / @sar_meta_web3 : Good Tech giants should responsibly work with the government https://twitter.com/... Daisuke Wakabayashi / @daiwaka : Three years after Google was forced to give up military AI work with Project Maven, the company's cloud unit is preparing a big push for another military contract that is likely to rankle its outspoken staff. W/ @kateconger https://www.nytimes.com/...
It is no surprise that @Google has continued seeking lucrative contracts w. the @DeptofDefense. They have spent yrs firing organizers & limiting transparency b/c the bottom line is all that matters to Google. Workers will fight this—& we will win again. https://www.nytimes.com/..…
It seems worth adding to this that Google is one of five recipients for the multi-billion dollar C2E CIA cloud contract (alongside Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon, and IBM) and won a secure cloud contract with the DoD through the DIU. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/ ... https://twi…
Google in 2018 on why it wouldn't bid for giant JEDI military contract: “We couldn't be assured that it would align with our AI principles” Google in 2021: Apparently bidding for JEDI's successor the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability https://www.nytimes.com/...
Google backed out of the original JEDI cloud computing contract amid employee pressures over AI ethics, but now wants in on its reincarnation... https://twitter.com/...
Wow, great scoop from @kateconger. “It is unclear whether the work, which would provide the Defense Department access to Google's cloud products, would violate Google's A.I. principles, although the department has said the tech is expected to support the military in combat.” http…
Good on ya, @Google! Tech innovation in US nat'l security needs to be a whole-of-nation effort. That includes US industry. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Google Wants to Work with the Pentagon Again, Despite Employee Concerns // Which is more evil: supporting the elected government of the country that provides the sovereignty and framework to operate and thrive or not supporting it? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Three years after Google was forced to give up military AI work with Project Maven, the company's cloud unit is preparing a big push for another military contract that is likely to rankle its outspoken staff. W/ @kateconger https://www.nytimes.com/...