What's corroborated

Anthropic was notably absent from the group of AI companies that reached agreements with the Pentagon.

The unionization was partly driven by concerns about a deal between Google and the US military that was announced last week.

At least 1,000 workers would be represented if the company recognizes the union.

The UK workers are the first in a 'frontier' AI lab to seek union recognition.

Google dropped its pledge not to develop militarized AI last year.

Google signed a $1.2 billion cloud-computing contract with the Israeli government in 2021, along with Amazon.

A worker said that Google provided the Israeli military with increased access to its AI tools from the early days of the war in Gaza, as reported by the Washington Post.

Another worker expressed concerns about AI being used to empower authoritarianism through military or surveillance applications.

One worker cited the US's 'capricious Iran war' and the Trump administration's feud with Anthropic as indications that the Defense Department is not a responsible partner.

The workers requested recognition of the Communication Workers Union and Unite the Union as joint representatives.

The unionization vote occurred in April.

Workers at Google DeepMind in the UK have voted to unionize.