Google Security Director Resigns in Protest of New AI Military Contracts
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René Mayrhofer, director of security for the Android platform, wrote a farewell note to his colleagues. In it, he claimed that his decision to resign had become "inevitable" after Google signed an agreement to allow the Pentagon. "Google's current address is signing agreements with the U.S. Ministry of War, where it has been repeatedly demonstrated that any "legitimate purpose" of the current U.S. government violates international law."tags: exe…
Google Security Director Resigns in Protest of New AI Military Contracts
The tech industry is currently drowning in a wave of corporate layoffs. Amid this scenario, one high-profile Google executive just decided to pack his bags and walk away on his own terms. René Mayrhofer, Google’s Director of Android Platform Security, has officially resigned after nearly a decade with the tech giant. The reason for his sudden departure? A controversial new partnership that allows the Pentagon to use Google’s advanced artificial …
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