Mar. 10 at 5:53 PM
Rumour:
$GOOGL is introducing AI agents across the Pentagon’s 3M-strong workforce to automate routine jobs
$GOOG Gemini AI agents will initially operate on unclassified networks - that is where most users are
The Pentagon has been bringing online more products from the likes of OpenAI & Google as part of a push to speed AI adoption in the military. That effort triggered its escalating feud w/ Anthropic PBC, which sought guardrails on using its tech
Under secretary of defense for research & engineering led ed negotiations w/ Anthropic, said the issue wouldn’t be resolved thru the courts & that the Pentagon was now “moving on"
In recent weeks, the DoD struck deals w/ OpenAI & xAI to operate on restricted networks, and hopes to expand AI cooperation w/ Google
Google has in the past faced internal criticism over its ties w/ the DoD. In 2018, thousands of Google employees protested the company’s involvement in Project Maven - the backlash led Google to not renew its contract for the program
