A large number of Google DeepMind employee, according to newly emerged news, the termination of military contracts wants.
Last May, around 200 employees at Google DeepMind voiced their concerns about the use of AI technologies for war. They signed a letter calling on Google to end its contracts with military organizations. In case you missed it, there have been a number of Google employee discusses company’s $1.2 billion Project Nimbus deal with Israeli government to protest cloud deal new York And Sunnyvale had closed their offices. The employees who held a sit-in protest in the offices with banners in their hands demanded that the contract be canceled and that aid to the Israeli army be cut off. Later, nine Google employees who participated in this protest were arrested by the police for continuing to occupy the office space despite all warnings and obstructing others. It was reported that these nine people sat in the personal office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian for 10 hours, and the moment of arrest is revealed in the video below.
In addition to these, as far as we have learned, 28 people who participated in the protests were identified and their employment was swiftly terminated. The latest is that the total number of layoffs due to the protest has exceeded 50. It was said. Google’s global security chief, who made an internal statement about the layoffs, said: Chris Rackow“This type of behavior has no place in our workplace and we will not tolerate it.” he had said.
Google This issue had also been on the agenda in recent months. The company is working for the Israeli army, which is busy with the occupation of Palestine and also with Iran. fired an employee who protested, as you can see in the video at the bottom of the page. A man stood up during a presentation by the Google Israeli executive Google Cloud engineer, “I refuse to develop technology that enables genocide or surveillance.” he shouted.
BREAKING— @google also orders for arrest of its own workers in SUNNYVALE who sat in for 10 hours at @googlecloud CEO @thomasortk‘s personal office, demanding google cut Project Nimbus, the company’s $1.2 billion contract with Israel.
arrests were caught on our livestream pic.twitter.com/pgLe4gkybY
— No Tech For Apartheid (@NoTechApartheid) April 17, 2024
BREAKING—PRO-PALESTINE @googlecloud ENGINEER DISRUPTIONS @Google ISRAEL DIRECTOR AT GOOGLE-SPONSORED ISRAELI TECH CONFERENCE IN NYC.
The worker that demanded Google STOP using worker labor to power genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. #NoTechForApartheid pic.twitter.com/t2mqCqFFay
— No Tech For Apartheid (@NoTechApartheid) March 4, 2024