By Hugh Langley
Publication Date: 2026-06-11 13:16:00
A Google director says he has resigned over the company’s work with the US Department of Defense, Business Insider has learned.
René Mayrhofer, a director for Android platform security, wrote a farewell note to colleagues that was circulated internally and obtained by Business Insider. He said his decision to resign had become “unavoidable” after Google signed an agreement to let the Pentagon use its AI models for classified work.
“Google management has quietly abandoned the goals to become carbon-neutral because of the AI model energy usage,” he wrote in the note, titled “Google Management Has Lost Its Moral Compass” and dated May 18. “Worse, the current Google management is now signing deals with the US Ministry of War—where ‘any lawful purpose’ by the current US government has already been repeatedly demonstrated to be in violation of international laws.”
Mayrhofer confirmed the authenticity of the letter to Business Insider and said…
