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DeepMind workers urge Google to drop military contracts

Google DeepMind workers wrote a letter to urge the company to drop military contracts. Over 200 employees signed the letter.

Google DeepMind workers have signed a letter calling on the company to drop contracts with military organizations, according to a report by Time. The letter was sent out as internal concerns began circulating within the AI lab that the tech was allegedly being sold to military organizations via cloud contracts. This is far from the first instance of Google employees openly protesting their work being used to support politically fraught military aims — the company fired dozens of staffers who spoke out against Project Nimbus earlier this year.

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