After years of distancing, the Google company has reached an agreement with the Pentagon so that the War Department and the United States Army can use your artificial intelligence systemssuch as Gemini, as well as using Google Cloud infrastructure, “for any lawful government purpose,” according to “Reuters.” With this agreement, the American company follows in the footsteps of other AI-related companies such as OpenAI and xAI.
This agreement has generated discomfort for more than 600 employeeswho wrote and sent a letter to the company in which they requested the blocking of classified military pacts, according to “Infodefensa.” A fact that It resembles what happened in 2018 during the Maven Projectin which the collaboration between Google and the US military for image analysis ended up causing an internal rebellion and distancing between the company and the Pentagon.
This move complements the collaboration agreed in 2025, both with Google and with other companies in the sector such as OpenAI and Anthropic. The signing of this agreement had worth nearly 200 million dollars. The news is that Google would have given its consent to use its artificial intelligence models “for any legitimate purpose”according to “Reuters”. A clause specifies that these tools may not be intended or used “for domestic mass surveillance or autonomous weapons without appropriate human oversight and control.”
However, in the contract It is not stipulated that the company can control the use or veto certain decisions taken legitimately by the government. For this reason, some workers have been concerned with the agreement, holding the position that artificial intelligence should be used for the benefit of people and not in classified tasks that may have some type of harm or harm to them.
Likewise, according to “Infodefensa”, this fact enhances the complexity of the relationships between national security and artificial intelligence companies, expanding competition beyond sales and the number of usersbut to government contracts and federal programs. For the moment, the only company that has decided to stay away from this trend is Anthropic, which was relegated to the background after refusing to eliminate safeguards against autonomous weapons and domestic surveillance, according to “Xataka.”
How will the US military use Google’s artificial intelligence?
The rapprochement between Google and the US military will allow the Pentagon improve your supplier diversity, increase your calculation capacity and increase your flexibility to integrate business solutions into your digital infrastructure. On the other hand, “The New York Times” assures that it could be used to process sensitive information and for internal analysis work with the aim of improving the planning of operations or offering support to them.
According to “Reuters”, the company itself has agreed to maintain close collaboration with government agencies both classified and unclassified projects. However, it maintains that its artificial intelligence tools cannot be used in mass surveillance operations or for the control of autonomous weapons without the supervision of qualified people. Therefore, the challenge falls on them to guarantee responsible use of AI while maintaining their pact with the Pentagon.