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JEDI: Google withdraws from Pentagon’s $10 billion cloud competition

Google has dropped out of a competition to secure a Pentagon contract dubbed the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud (JEDI), saying that the project...

Google at bay: CEO Sundar Pichai faces his US government accusers

Updated 4 October Internet of Business says Google turned 20 this month, but its CEO was not celebrating on 28 September, as he found himself facing...

US military to spend $2 billion on developing artificial intelligence

Concerns about the weaponisation of artificial intelligence (AI) have increased with the news that the Pentagon is ploughing $2 billion into the technology over...

War of words escalates between tech firms’ employees and government

The employees of Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Salesforce.com are increasingly at odds with their own bosses and with government policy, reports Chris Middleton. The war...

Underwater robotics company agrees swarm-bot deal with US Navy

NEWSBYTE Sydney-based underwater robotics company, Aquabotix, has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the United States' Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC). The deal...

Google caves in to pressure, won’t renew Pentagon AI deal

Google has succumbed to pressure from its employees and announced that it will be exiting from the Project Maven contract with the US Department...

Google faces rebellion over military AI projects

A number of employees have resigned from Google following the search giant's recent deal to provide artificial intelligence to the US military. Thousands of...
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