Palantir, the data analytics company founded by Peter Thiel, has been awarded a contract by the Department of Defense to develop artificial intelligence and machine learning for all branches of the U.S. armed forces, as well as Special Forces and the Joint Staff.
The U.S. Navy reportedly plans to use Google’s cloud and machine learning technology alongside drone imagery to improve its process for repairing vessels.
Employees at tech giant Google are reportedly demanding that the company stop selling software to law enforcement agencies. Employees believe the company should be ” joining the millions who want to defang and defund these institutions.”
The U.S. military is sprinting to catch up with China on the development of artificial intelligence capabilities.
The nation’s top military officer slammed Google for working with China, which he said benefitted its military, during a hearing Thursday.
Marine Corps First Lt. Walker D. Mills published an opinion piece in DefenseNews recently asking Silicon Valley giant Google to help America defend itself.
Google promised that their artificial intelligence would not be used for weaponry, following criticism over their contract with the Pentagon.
Google will not renew their artificial intelligence contract with the Pentagon, following both internal and external complaints, according to a report.
Approximately a dozen Google employees have reportedly quit the company in protest over a new drone contract that Google signed with the Pentagon.