Pentagon deals show tech companies changing stance on activist workers

10 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · May 4

Announced on Friday, the deals are tied to competition among software firms for Pentagon AI contracts.
The report says that rivalry is pushing Silicon Valley companies to back military work more openly rather than yield to internal employee activism.
It contrasts the shift with Google's 2018 decision, arguing the change could help ensure US troops receive better AI tools.

Why are tech giants like Google now accepting military deals they once resisted, despite ongoing internal dissent?

As the Pentagon depends on commercial AI, who truly controls the algorithms that could decide a future conflict?

With AI's battlefield accuracy as low as 30%, is the push for autonomous warfare creating unacceptable new risks?