Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos said it would support the U.S. Department of D...
FILE PHOTO: Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and Blue Origin speaks during the JFK Space Summit, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., June 19, 2019. REUTERS/Katherine Taylor/File PhotoSIMI VALLEY, Calif. - Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos said it would support the U.S. Department of Defense as technology companies vie for more defense contracts and the Pentagon seeks to modernize itself.
Tech companies have faced challenges when trying to work with the Pentagon. Last year a defense program, named Project Maven, set off a revoltinside Google, as some employees opposed Google technology being used in warfare. Those employees said it clashed with Google's stated goal of doing no harm and cited risks around using a nascent artificial intelligence technology in lethal situations.
“My view is that if big tech is turning their back on the Department of Defense, this country is in big trouble,” Bezos said.But last month the company filed a lawsuit in federal court contesting the Defense Department’s September decision to award a cloud computing contract worth up to $10 billion to rival bidder Microsoft Corp.
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