# The protest letter follows closely a legal imbroglio between the Pentagon and Anthropic PBC over the use of AI for military applications.

*genai · news · 2026-04-27 · The Boston Globe*

## Key points

- Google employees' protest letter includes more than 20 directors and senior leadership staff as signatories.
- Google removed language from its AI principles discouraging use in weapons or potentially harmful applications last year.
- Negotiations are underway to deploy Google’s Gemini AI agents on classified Pentagon networks, beyond existing unclassified use.
- Workers claim Google has not set enforceable boundaries for military AI use, unlike rival Anthropic.
- Protesters highlight that monitoring AI usage on air-gapped classified systems may be impossible for Google.

**Companies:** Google, Anthropic PBC
**Countries:** United States, United Kingdom

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