Google and Pentagon reportedly agree on deal for ‘any lawful’ use of AI

据报道，谷歌与五角大楼达成协议，允许其 AI 用于“任何合法”用途

Google has signed a classified deal that allows the US Department of Defense to use its AI models for “any lawful government purpose,” The Information reports. The agreement was reported less than a day after Google employees demanded CEO Sundar Pichai block the Pentagon from using its AI amid concerns that it would be used in “inhumane or extremely harmful ways.”

据《The Information》报道，谷歌已签署一项保密协议，允许美国国防部将其人工智能模型用于“任何合法的政府目的”。就在该协议被披露的前一天，谷歌员工曾要求首席执行官桑达尔·皮查伊（Sundar Pichai）阻止五角大楼使用其人工智能，理由是担心这些技术会被用于“不人道或极具破坏性的方式”。

If the agreement is confirmed, it would place Google alongside OpenAI and xAI, which have also made classified AI deals with the US government. Anthropic was also among that list until it was blacklisted by the Pentagon for refusing the Department of Defense’s demands to remove weapon and surveillance-related guardrails from its AI models.

如果该协议得到证实，谷歌将与 OpenAI 和 xAI 一样，与美国政府达成过此类保密人工智能协议。Anthropic 此前也在名单之列，但因拒绝国防部提出的移除其 AI 模型中有关武器和监控相关防护措施的要求，而被五角大楼列入黑名单。

Citing a single anonymous source “with knowledge of the situation,” The Information reports that the deal states that both parties have agreed that the search giant’s AI systems shouldn’t be used for domestic mass surveillance or autonomous weapons “without appropriate human oversight and control.” But the contract also says it doesn’t give Google “any right to control or veto lawful government operational decision-making,” which would suggest the agreed restrictions are more of a pinky promise than legally binding obligations. The deal also requires Google to assist with making adjustments to its AI safety settings and filters at the government’s request.

援引一位“知情”的匿名消息人士的话，《The Information》报道称，协议规定双方同意，在“没有适当的人工监督和控制”的情况下，谷歌的 AI 系统不应用于国内大规模监控或自主武器。但合同同时也指出，它并未赋予谷歌“控制或否决合法政府行动决策的任何权利”，这表明双方达成的限制更像是一种口头承诺，而非具有法律约束力的义务。该协议还要求谷歌在政府提出要求时，协助调整其 AI 安全设置和过滤器。

“We are proud to be part of a broad consortium of leading AI labs and technology and cloud companies providing AI services and infrastructure in support of national security,” a Google spokesperson said in a statement to The Information, adding that the new agreement is an amendment to its existing government deal. “We remain committed to the private and public sector consensus that AI should not be used for domestic mass surveillance or autonomous weaponry without appropriate human oversight.”

谷歌发言人在给《The Information》的一份声明中表示：“我们很自豪能成为由领先 AI 实验室、科技公司和云服务商组成的广泛联盟的一员，为国家安全提供 AI 服务和基础设施。”该发言人补充说，这项新协议是对现有政府合同的修订。“我们仍然致力于私营和公共部门达成的共识，即在没有适当人工监督的情况下，AI 不应用于国内大规模监控或自主武器。”