Google overrides 600+ employee objections to sign a classified AI deal with the Pentagon, while Anthropic is shut out of the parallel contract with 8 other companies.
Google has signed a classified AI agreement with the Pentagon allowing use of Gemini for any lawful military purpose. The deal came after Anthropic refused similar terms. Over 600 Google employees sent a letter opposing the contract.
The U.S. Department of Defense finalized AI deployment agreements with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, AWS, NVIDIA, SpaceX, Reflection AI, and Oracle for its most classified networks. Anthropic was excluded after refusing to allow Claude to be used for purposes including autonomous weapons and mass surveillance.