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Google withdraws from Pentagon’s $100 million drone contest

Google quietly withdrew from a Pentagon competition to build voice-controlled autonomous drone swarms—after initially being selected as a successful submission. The $100 million contest, run by Special Operations Command and the Defense Innovation Unit, seeks technology to direct drone swarms in real-time battlefield scenarios. Google cited “resourcing” issues, but the exit is said to be followed by an internal ethics review. OpenAI, Palantir, and xAI remain in the running.

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