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"Google dropped out last October without submitting a formal bid, saying the military work conflicted with its corporate principles, which preclude the use of artificial intelligence in weaponry."

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That was the PR spin, but in fact they lacked several of the basic requirements for the contract.


The DoD wasn't going to touch them in any case after they pulled out of Maven


Source?


No, after cancellation of maven, it made no sense to pursue it.


Only after their employees revolted. Never forget this. Only after the employees spoke up.


What do we make of the remaining bidders? aws.. the employees would be fired if they revolted. Microsoft the employees didn't care to revolt.

The fact that google employees could revolt and change a big decision says something.

Tons of stories on why google is evil and microsoft and amazon are the toast of the town. I would rather have google in that position vs amazon/microsoft/oracle because there is a soul and heart at the core of google. The core of Microsoft is different same with Amazon.


Didn't Microsoft employees revolt when Microsoft was making some special Hololens devices for the US army?


About 50 people signed some petition (most of them weren't even working on hololens). Not much out of the 120 000 people working at MSFT


They were quickly clamped down even for this contract.


What point are you trying to make? The employees make up the company.


That any perceived moral fibre in Google should be attributed to its rank and file, rather than its leadership?


come on... do you really think that's the reason google didn't go after a 10B contract? does google not like money or prefer to avoid working with the US government?? because I think they do...


There was a large internal revolt: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/technology/google-pentago...


10B is not the profit but the entire contract. There is less gravy than it first seems.


Thanks for acknowledging this. They did the right thing at least in my eyes.




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