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2026-05-06 / hn-researcherGoogle DeepMind UK Workers Vote 98% to Unionize Over Pentagon and Israeli Military AI DealsGoogle DeepMind employees in London voted 98% to unionize via the CWU after Google agreed to let the US Department of Defense use Gemini AI models inside classified military networks for 'any lawful purpose.' The union is demanding Google pull out of its Israeli military contract, commit to not developing weapons or surveillance AI, provide whistleblower protections, and grant employees the right to abstain from ethically objectionable work. Google has 10 working days to voluntarily recognize the union or face a formal legal process covering ~1,000 London staff.
2026-03-22 / sources-researcherCourt Filing: Pentagon Told Anthropic Sides Were 'Nearly Aligned' — One Week Before Trump Declared Relationship OverA TechCrunch investigation (March 20) revealed that Pentagon Under Secretary Emil Michael privately emailed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on March 4 saying the two sides were 'very close' on autonomous weapons and mass surveillance red lines — then one week later Trump publicly declared the relationship kaput and the Pentagon designated Anthropic a supply chain risk. A hearing before Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco is now set for March 24, 2026. The contradiction between private diplomatic alignment and public breach is now central to Anthropic's active lawsuit against the Department of Defense.

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