‘Google Management Has Lost Its Moral Compass': Google director jumps ship over company’s new AI…

• A Google director has resigned over the company's contracts with the DoD
• The director shared a letter internally with colleagues at Google
• "Google Management Has Lost Its Moral Compass", the letter stated

A director for Android platform security has resigned from his position over Google’s contracts with the Department of Defense.

In a letter shared with colleagues, and seen by Business Insider, René Mayrhofer said that the decision had become “unavoidable” following Google’s decision to allow the Pentagon to use the company’s AI models for classified work.

Google is just one of the many AI companies to have authorized the use of AI models with the Department of Defense, which retains the right to use the AI models for ‘any lawful purpose’.

Resignation “unavoidable”

Mayrhofer’s letter, titled “Google Management Has Lost Its Moral Compass”, cited the company’s quiet abandonment of carbon-neutral goals in pursuit of AI development.

“Worse,”...

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