How a Pentagon contract became an identity crisis for Google
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/30/new-york-times-digital-how-a-pentagon-contract-became-an-identity-crisis-for-google.html
WASHINGTON — Fei-Fei Li is among the brightest stars in the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence, somehow managing to hold down two demanding jobs simultaneously: head of Stanford University’s A.I. lab and chief scientist for A.I. at Google Cloud, one of the search giant’s most promising enterprises.
Yet last September, when nervous company officials discussed how to speak publicly about Google’s first major A.I. contract with the Pentagon, Dr. Li strongly advised shunning those two potent letters.
How a Pentagon contract became an identity crisis for Google
May 30, 2018, 3:14pm UTC
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/30/new-york-times-digital-how-a-pentagon-contract-became-an-identity-crisis-for-google.html
> WASHINGTON — Fei-Fei Li is among the brightest stars in the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence, somehow managing to hold down two demanding jobs simultaneously: head of Stanford University’s A.I. lab and chief scientist for A.I. at Google Cloud, one of the search giant’s most promising enterprises.
> Yet last September, when nervous company officials discussed how to speak publicly about Google’s first major A.I. contract with the Pentagon, Dr. Li strongly advised shunning those two potent letters.