Google employees urge CEO to reject 'inhumane' classified military AI use

More than 600 Google employees urged Sundar Pichai to reject any Pentagon deal that would let Gemini be used in classified military operations.

Workers warned that such use could enable harmful surveillance, targeting, or other applications that are hard to oversee publicly.

Google and the U.S. Defense Department are reportedly at odds over limits on domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.

The dispute adds pressure on major AI companies to set clear rules for military and intelligence use, especially in secret programs.