New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- Several Google DeepMind staff have resigned in recent weeks over the company's AI agreements with the US military. The exits centre on contracts that let the Pentagon use Google's models in classified settings, where the company has limited visibility and no clear veto power over final uses.

Researchers who have left say the deals, signed earlier this year, expand the scope of government applications beyond what they expected when they joined. They worry that existing safeguards and human oversight may not be enough once systems move onto air-gapped military networks.

London-based research engineer Sofia Liguori left this week after three years at DeepMind. She told The Intercept she could no longer stay at a compa...