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The Guardian: Google DeepMind in talks with UK unions amid staff concern over US and Israel's AI use ↗

Exclusive: Google DeepMind agrees to Acas talks after workers sign petitions about governments’ use of AI for defence and intelligence

Workers at the UK branch of Google’s AI lab, DeepMind, have voted to unionise – partly in a bid to resist deals with the US and Israeli militaries.

We're organising at Google.

By UTAW6 May 2026News, Google

UK staff of Google’s AI research lab hope to block the use of the company’s artificial intelligence models in military settings.

Staffers don’t want to be complicit in ‘helping make genocide cheaper, faster, and more efficient.’

Staff at DeepMind's UK offices have moved to unionize days after the Pentagon confirmed it would work with Google on classified operations.

Exclusive: Worker pointed to Iran war and Pentagon’s Anthropic feud as indications the department is ‘not a responsible partner’

Scores of Google AI workers have launched an unprecedented unionisation bid to end use of their technology by Israel and the US military.

By UTAW4 May 2026News, Google

Tech workers launch UK campaign and mass call to action against company complicity with Israeli government

The arrival of the trade union movement in the UK’s tech sector follows more sustained activism by workers in the United States

By WIRED22 September 2020News, Google, Press