Google Negotiates Deal to Deploy Gemini AI on Pentagon Classified Networks
Google seeks a Pentagon contract for Gemini that would bar domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, according to The Information.
- On Thursday, April 16, 2026, Alphabet is negotiating an agreement with the Department of Defense to deploy Gemini artificial intelligence models in classified settings, according to The Information.
- The Pentagon is aggressively embedding artificial intelligence to improve operational efficiency and reduce costs, though Google is playing catch-up to Microsoft and Amazon in classified defense work.
- Google has proposed contractual language prohibiting Gemini use for domestic mass surveillance or autonomous lethal weapons without human control, seeking lawful classified applications only.
- This negotiation marks a stark reversal from 2018, when Google employees protested the company's involvement in the military's Project Maven, invoking its "don't be evil" motto.
- President Donald Trump has ordered the Department to rename itself the Department of War, a change requiring subsequent action by Congress to implement.
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Google and Pentagon Discuss Classified AI Deal as Company Rebuilds Military Ties
Google is negotiating an agreement with the Department of Defense that would allow the Pentagon to deploy Google’s Gemini AI models in classified settings, according to two people with direct knowledge of the discussions. If the two parties come to an agreement, it would expand Google’s ...
Google and Pentagon reportedly negotiating classified AI deal
Alphabet’s Google is negotiating an agreement with the Department of Defense that would allow the Pentagon to deploy its Gemini AI models in classified settings, the Information reported on Thursday, citing two people with direct knowledge of the discussions. The two parties are discussing an agreement that would allow the Pentagon to use Google’s AI for all lawful uses, according to the report. During the negotiations, Google has proposed addit…
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