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Exclusive: Google DeepMind agrees to Acas talks after workers sign petitions about governments’ use of AI for defence and intelligence Google DeepMind has agreed to enter formal talks with UK tech workers that could lead to trade union representation amid growing staff concerns about the use of its AI by the US and Israeli governments’ defence and intelligence. In a groundbreaking move, the artificial intelligence arm of the multi-trillion dollar Google empire, led by the Nobel prize winner Demi

Exclusive: Employment tribunal claim says worker lost his job after distributing leaflets throughout London office Google is facing a legal challenge from an AI engineer who claims he was unfairly dismissed after he protested against its work for the Israeli government, in the latest sign of growing concern about the social and ethical impacts of AI. The engineer distributed flyers around Google DeepMind’s London offices, which read “Google provides military AI to forces committing genocide” and

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) granted two new licences for the export of trainer aircraft for F-35 sorties and “targeting equipment” to Israel, Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) can reveal. This is despite concerns about potential ‘auto-diversion’ of military equipment by Israel, and its ongoing use of the F-35 in its genocidal onslaughts. […] By The Canary

The Pentagon announced on May 1, 2026 that it had contracted seven AI companies — Google, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, SpaceX, OpenAI, NVIDIA and Reflection AI — to deploy artificial intelligence tools on classified US military networks, despite Anthropic declining the same contract citing autonomous weapons concerns.

An investigation by The New Humanitarian found Google and Meta running thousands of advertisements for Israeli West Bank settlement businesses, including EU-targeted ads by settlement construction firm Comasco reaching 2,000–6,000 European accounts per ad, covering the period 2021–2026.

Chris Bryant told a parliamentary committee that UK-made aircraft parts would not benefit Israeli fighter pilots. His briefing said otherwise. The post Minister misled parliament over arms exports to Israel appeared first on Declassified UK.

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The US military is using AI tools during Iran war. But Pentagon's collaboration with tech companies goes back decades.

Google Cloud has acquired Wiz, a fast growing cybersecurity platform founded by veterans of Israel’s Unit 8200 cyber intelligence unit.

Following whistleblower revelations in February 2026, Alphabet's parent removed guidelines that previously banned AI applications 'likely to cause harm,' drawing condemnation from Amnesty International; Google had already removed its weapons and surveillance prohibition in early 2025.

Google breached its own policies that barred use of artificial intelligence for weapons or surveillance in 2024 by helping an Israeli military contractor analyze drone video footage.

A whistleblower SEC complaint alleges that in July 2024, an IDF-email-addressed customer asked Google Cloud support to fix bugs in Gemini AI for identifying drones, armored vehicles, and soldiers in aerial footage, with a second Google staffer copied in who worked on the IDF's Google Cloud account.

A whistleblower complaint filed with the SEC alleges Google breached its own AI ethics policies in 2024 by helping an Israeli military contractor debug Gemini AI for analyzing drone surveillance footage.

In July 2024, Google's cloud division received a support request from an IDF email address asking for help making Gemini more reliable at identifying drones, armored vehicles, and soldiers in aerial video footage, with staff responding and conducting internal tests.

The $1.2 billion Project Nimbus contract between Israel and Amazon/Google contractually forbids Amazon and Google from halting services due to boycott pressure.

An investigation confirmed that both Google and Amazon violated their own published terms of service under Project Nimbus, including an obligation to secretly notify Israel of any foreign court orders to access data stored on their platforms.

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A UN Special Rapporteur report titled 'From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide' identifies Alphabet (Google) among 48 corporate actors, describing how it grants Israel access to cloud and AI technologies enhancing surveillance and military decision-making.

Hundreds of DeepMind employees in London formally united to pressure Google over its defense contracts with Israel, with at least five DeepMind employees resigning over such projects in the prior two months.

Microsoft, Amazon and Google are among those helping Israel commit genocide in Gaza, according to a landmark report by UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese.

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A confidential internal report reveals Google knew before signing Project Nimbus that it could not monitor or prevent Israel from using its cloud and AI tools to harm Palestinians, and that the contract required unprecedented joint drills and intelligence sharing with Israeli security.

Alphabet completed its $32 billion acquisition of Israeli cybersecurity company Wiz — its largest-ever acquisition — whose four founders all served in Israel's elite military intelligence Unit 8200.

Alphabet agreed to acquire Israeli-founded cybersecurity unicorn Wiz for $32 billion in cash, described as the largest-ever purchase of an Israeli tech company, hailed in Israel as a sign of technological resilience during wartime.

No Tech for Apartheid condemned Google executives' removal of AI principles restricting weapons and surveillance use, calling it a direct pivot toward military contracting after the company fired 50 colleagues who staged historic sit-ins over Project Nimbus.

Records from 2024 show Google employees noticed a rise in IDF access requests for AI tools including Gemini and Vertex AI, with one employee warning that delays could push the Israeli military toward Amazon.

Documents show that from October 2023 through at least November 2024, the IDF made repeated requests to Google for access to AI tools including Vertex AI and Gemini, with Google processing these requests throughout the war.

Since the first weeks of the Israel-Hamas war, Google employees worked to provide the IDF with access to its most advanced AI, including Vertex and Gemini platforms.

Documents obtained by the Washington Post show Google employees worked from the earliest weeks of the Israel-Gaza war to provide the IDF with access to Vertex AI and later Gemini AI, contrary to Google's public statements about non-military workloads.

Leaked internal Google webpages show Google matched employee donations through Benevity to Friends of the Israeli Defence Forces (FIDF) and HaYovel, a Christian Zionist group active in illegal West Bank settlements.

The Intercept published leaked internal documents revealing that Google's Project Nimbus provides far broader military capabilities to Israel than publicly acknowledged, directly contradicting the company's statements about the contract's scope.

Google and Amazon employees published an open letter in The Guardian warning that Project Nimbus 'allows for further surveillance of and unlawful data collection on Palestinians, and facilitates expansion of Israel's illegal settlements on Palestinian land.'

The Israeli Government Advertising Agency paid Google to place ads discrediting UNRWA atop search results; one Google employee told Wired the company chose not to block the ads fearing it could interfere with future business with Israel.

An IDF commander stated that Google, AWS, and Microsoft public clouds provided 'very significant operational effectiveness' in Gaza, with the military using Project Nimbus infrastructure to supplement its overloaded operational cloud during the ground invasion of October 2023.

A 63-page Israeli government procurement document shows two leading state-owned Israeli weapons manufacturers, IAI and Rafael, are required to use Amazon and Google for all cloud computing needs.

Google fired a total of 50 employees after they staged sit-in protests at its New York and Sunnyvale offices demanding the company drop Project Nimbus.

Al Jazeera explains Project Nimbus as a $1.2 billion contract providing cloud computing, AI, and technology services to the Israeli government and military, with contract terms preventing Google or Amazon from halting services to any Israeli entity.

Google fired 28 employees who staged sit-in protests at company offices in New York, the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle demanding the cancellation of Project Nimbus, the $1.2B cloud contract with the Israeli government and military.

Google fired 28 employees after sit-in protests against Project Nimbus, with No Tech for Apartheid vowing to continue organizing until the company drops the contract and 'stops powering this genocide.'

Google terminated 28 employees following sit-in protests at multiple offices against the company's Project Nimbus contract with Israel, one of the largest tech-worker dismissals in recent history related to political advocacy.

Arrested Google employees described sit-ins at the company's New York and Sunnyvale offices where workers occupied Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's office, demanding Google withdraw from Project Nimbus.

Exclusive: Google has negotiated deepening the relationship during the war in Gaza.

An exclusive investigation revealed Google signed a new contract granting Israeli Defense Force military units direct access to Google's automation, data pipelines and AI services in April 2024, expanding the scope of Project Nimbus beyond what was publicly acknowledged.

Internal Google documents revealed that the company's own legal team raised human rights concerns about the Project Nimbus contract with Israel before it was signed, but these concerns were overruled by leadership.

Amazon, Google and Microsoft are providing cloud computing services to the Israeli military, powering surveillance and targeting systems used in Gaza.

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Workers from Google and Amazon staged joint protests at the AWS Summit in New York in July 2023, demanding both companies cancel Project Nimbus, the $1.2B cloud and AI contract with the Israeli government and military.