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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos attends the annual Homeland Defense Forum held at the Ronald Reagan Memorial Library in Simi Valley, California, and draws attention by revealing the idea that tech companies should support military projects.
In the U.S., in 2018, Google postponed renewal of contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense and its AI research program Project Maven, and CEOs of IT companies like Elon Musk established guidelines that should not develop autonomous weapons using AI. There is a current that keeps distance. On the other hand, Amazon and Microsoft are showing a positive attitude toward the Ministry of Defense project.
Bezos pointed out that it is a big problem for US tech companies to turn away from the Pentagon on the forum stage.
He also said that he would still work to sign a contract with Amazon for choosing Microsoft’s Azure over Amazon’s AWS for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract, the cloud platform used by the Department of Defense.
In November, Amazon objected to the government’s bias in the selection process of the US Department of Defense’s JEDI contractor. He also argued that there was political pressure, including openly despising Bezos, who holds the Washington Post, which President Trump hates.
But Bezos’ head may be more satisfied with the public works he already occupied. Amazon is working on a long-term project to launch a military rocket through Blue Origin, using facial recognition technology, which is subject to racial and gender issues.
Bezos’ attitude can be said to be close to Microsoft in that it is not swept away by external criticism. In the future, it is likely to focus on occupying high-profit public business contracts. Related information can be found here .
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