The logo of Google is pictured during the Viva Tech start-up and technology summit in Paris, France, May 25, 2018. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
On the afternoon of June 1, an e-mail went out to more than 4,000 Google employees who had signed a petition to cancel a company contract with the Pentagon. It was celebratory.
“Today was big,” began the e-mail, which was viewed by Bloomberg News. That morning, Google cloud chief Diane Greene said the company wouldn’t renew a contract with Project Maven, a Defense Department program that uses artificial intelligence to analyse drone footage. She also said Google “will not pursue similar DoD contracts,” according to the e-mail, which was authored by one of the protesting employees.
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