--- title: "Employees at Google and OpenAI support Anthropic’s Pentagon stand in open letter" url: https://daily.dev/posts/employees-at-google-and-openai-support-anthropic-s-pentagon-stand-in-open-letter-kohi6ajaf source_url: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/27/employees-at-google-and-openai-support-anthropics-pentagon-stand-in-open-letter/ type: article source: "TechCrunch" published: 2026-02-27T16:27:16.018Z updated: 2026-03-30T02:18:33.508Z tags: ["ai-governance", "anthropic", "ethical-ai", "google", "openai"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Employees at Google and OpenAI support Anthropic’s Pentagon stand in open letter **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Over 300 Google employees and 60+ OpenAI employees have signed an open letter urging their companies to stand with Anthropic in its standoff with the Pentagon. Anthropic has refused the Department of War's demand for unrestricted access to its AI, specifically opposing its use for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weaponry. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to label Anthropic a supply chain risk or invoke the Defense Production Act if the company doesn't comply. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed sympathy for Anthropic's position, and an OpenAI spokesperson confirmed the company shares Anthropic's red lines. Google DeepMind's Chief Scientist Jeff Dean also voiced personal opposition to government mass surveillance. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [OpenAI and Google employees rush to Anthropic’s defense in DOD lawsuit](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-and-google-employees-rush-to-anthropic-s-defense-in-dod-lawsuit-mdgrscv50) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [MY TAKE: The Pentagon punished Anthropic for red lines it accepted from OpenAI hours later](https://daily.dev/posts/my-take-the-pentagon-punished-anthropic-for-red-lines-it-accepted-from-openai-hours-later-o74tphfvu) · Security Boulevard · 22 upvotes · 4 comments --- Tags: [#ai-governance](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-governance), [#anthropic](https://daily.dev/tags/anthropic), [#ethical-ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ethical-ai), [#google](https://daily.dev/tags/google), [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/employees-at-google-and-openai-support-anthropic-s-pentagon-stand-in-open-letter-kohi6ajaf)