'Google Management Has Lost Its Moral Compass': Google director jumps ship
over companys new AI contracts with DoD, Pentagon

Date:
Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:05:00 +0000

Google director of Android platform security ditches company over contracts with Defense Department -- A director for Android platform security has resigned from his position over Google s contracts with the Department of Defense.

In a letter shared with colleagues, and seen by Business Insider , Ren Mayrhofer said that the decision had become unavoidable following Googles decision to allow the Pentagon to use the companys AI models for classified work. Google is just one of the many AI companies to have authorized the use of AI models with the Department of Defense, which retains the right to use the AI models for any lawful purpose.

"Resignation unavoidable" -- Mayrhofers letter, titled Google Management Has Lost Its Moral Compass, cited the companys quiet abandonment of
carbon-neutral goals in pursuit of AI development.

Worse, the letter continued, the current Google management is now signing deals with the US Ministry of Warwhere 'any lawful purpose' by the current US government has already been repeatedly demonstrated to be in violation of international laws."

When rumors began circulating about Googles potential dealing with the Pentagon, hundreds of Google employees signed an open letter calling on CEO Sundar Pichai to reject the unethical and dangerous decision to allow the Defense Department to use Googles AI models for classified purposes.

In order to avoid the same fate suffered by Anthropic at the hands of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Google confirmed the contracts and allowed the Pentagon use of its AI models for any lawful purpose.

In 2018, Google published a set of AI principles for the responsible development and use of the technology. Included within them was a clause that the company would not use AI to develop weapons or surveillance tools.

The principles were removed from Googles guidelines in February 2025. Googles previous motto, Dont be evil, was steadily phased out between 2015 and 2018.

Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/pro/google-management-has-lost-its-moral-compass-goo gle-director-jumps-ship-over-companys-new-ai-contracts-with-dod-pentagon

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