Alphabet Inc.’s Google has decided not to seek renewal of a Pentagon contract that had become the focus of internal debate around the use of the tech giant’s technology for military purposes, said a person familiar with the matter.
Diane Greene, the head of Google’s cloud-computing division, on Friday told employees the company wouldn’t renew a partnership with the U.S. Defense Department that is set to expire in March 2019, the person said. The program, code-named “Project Maven,” helped the Pentagon identify and track...