India, June 12 -- A Google director has resigned citing the company's work with the US Department of Defense and the management's decision to quietly abandon its environment conservation goals in favour of pushing AI. Rene Mayrhofer, a director for Android platform security, shared a note titled "Google Management Has Lost Its Moral Compass" on his website, where he explained the reasons behind his resignation.

Mayrhofer said joining Google in 2017 was an opportunity he could not refuse. "Getting the chance to lead on the inside... was an incredible chance," he said in his open letter, dated May 18 and published online last week.

He wrote that Android was one of the most exciting technology projects in the world and that Google at the t...