@BlackHC: I work at Google DeepMind. This won't make me popular. But it's all public reporting: 2014: DeepMind reportedly sold to…

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A tweet from a Google DeepMind employee highlights that the safeguards promised when DeepMind was acquired by Google (no military use, independent oversight) have been eroded, as DeepMind now has a Pentagon contract for any lawful government purpose.

I work at Google DeepMind. This won't make me popular. But it's all public reporting: 2014: DeepMind reportedly sold to Google on conditions: no military use, independent oversight 2026: a Pentagon contract for "any lawful government purpose" Not one safeguard survived intact https://t.co/bdPBqbGvu6
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I work at Google DeepMind. This won’t make me popular. But it’s all public reporting:

2014: DeepMind reportedly sold to Google on conditions: no military use, independent oversight

2026: a Pentagon contract for “any lawful government purpose”

Not one safeguard survived intact https://t.co/bdPBqbGvu6

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