# Google's AI Ethics Pioneer Now Backs Pentagon Work

- slug: googles-ai-ethics-pioneer-now-backs-pentagon-work
- date: 2026-03-21
- category: Artificial Intelligence

Demis Hassabis Has Made His Peace with Google and the Pentagon

For most of a decade, Demis Hassabis stood as the clearest example of an AI researcher who had thought carefully about the ethics of powerful technology.

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