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Google (GOOGL, Financials) has allegedly inked a revised deal that allows the U.S. Department of Defense to use Google’s artificial intelligence models for secret work.The article says the arrangement allows the Pentagon to employ Google’s AI for any legal government purpose. A Google Public Sector spokesman said the agreement renews an existing contract.The development comes as some Google employees have resisted military use of the company’s AI systems. Google employees addressed a letter to Chief Executive Sundar Pichai requesting him to stop the Pentagon from utilizing Google AI for secret tasks, reports said.The problem reflects tensions over the expansion of government AI contracts and staff concerns over defense applications. It also arrives as AI companies compete for federal contracts related to national security and secret workloads.The deal would give a boost to Alphabet’s government cloud business, which will be watched by investors already facing internal and public scrutiny.
