Perhaps it had previously signed a technical cooperation agreement with the Pentagon on Project Maven.Caused a lot of controversyGoogle earlier confirmed that it will no longer participate in the US Department of Defense's cloud computing project called JEDI (Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud), which means that Google will abandon this cooperation worth up to US$100 billion.
According toBloomberg NewsGoogle has decided to withdraw from its partnership with the US Department of Defense, citing its decision not to align with its AI technology application principles. This follows protests from Google employees regarding the company's technology partnership with the Department of Defense. Diane Greene, Google's senior vice president of cloud operations, subsequently addressed the situation, stating that Google will develop a set of ethical principles to assess whether partnerships adhere to the company's core values. Any deviation from these principles will be rejected, even if it could significantly benefit the company.
Currently, the U.S. Department of Defense's tender is expected to close on October 10th, U.S. time. Companies including Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and others previously hoped to persuade the U.S. Department of Defense to accept multiple cloud services for cooperation, rather than just a single manufacturer to obtain this 12-year cooperation contract.
Google also believes that military applications should adopt multi-cloud solutions. This not only better meets the operational efficiency of government agencies, but also avoids technical gaps and allows appropriate cloud technologies to be applied in the correct usage models.
However, the U.S. Department of Defense believes that cooperating with multiple cloud service providers will result in slow contract signing, which will result in cloud technology applications not being provided to front-line combat personnel in a timely manner. However, it does hope to improve the cooperative technology by cooperating with more cloud service providers.
