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Google will not renew Pentagon contract that upset employees

11 pointsby luisoboalmost 7 years ago

3 comments

probably_wrongalmost 7 years ago
Previous discussion:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=17208892" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=17208892</a>
organicmultilocalmost 7 years ago
We already have troops stationed in 146 countries around the world, the thought of adding killer AI drone capabilities to the mix isn&#x27;t exactly comforting.<p>Then of course, if gets sold to everyone labeled an &quot;ally&quot; by whatever administration in five years time.
kevinproalmost 7 years ago
It’s likely that it’ll continue under Alphabet instead of Google, as a seperate entity. According to those leaked emails, they clearly stated the financial benefit if pursuing the collaboration, so I assume they’ll spin it out of the Google plex but keep it inside the Alphabet portfolio