Google Cloud chief met with Pentagon official over AI tools, NY Times says

Amid Anthropic’s spat with the U.S. Department of Defense recently over the use of AI in warfare, a top Google executive has quietly met with Pentagon officials to present the tech giant as a defense partner, the New York Times’ Kate Conger and Julian Barnes report. On February 26, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian met with Emil Michael, a DoD official overseeing the selection of AI tools for the Pentagon, the authors say. Google already had business with the department, and Kurian offered an expanded supply of AI tools without all the noise, the authors say, citing two people with knowledge of the meeting.