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409 DeepMind workers urge Google to drop military contracts

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Lawrence Bonk @ Engadget · 08/22/2024 15:05 EDT

DeepMind workers urge Google to drop military contracts

Google DeepMind workers have signed a letter calling on the company to drop contracts with military organizations, according to a report by Time. The document was drafted on May 16 of this year. Around 200 people signed the document, which amounts to five percent of the total headcount of DeepMind. 
For the uninitiated, DeepMind is one of Google’s AI divisions and the letter states that adopting military contracts runs afoul of the company’s own AI rules. The letter was sent out as internal concerns began c

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