It will be interesting to see how talent acquisition evolves. Many great engineers were put off by strong DEI-focused PR, and even more oppose the sudden opportunistic shift to the right. Will Muslims continue to want to work for Google? Will Europeans work for X? Some may have previously avoided close relations with China for ethical reasons—will the same soon apply to the US?
This is also a rug pull for many international researchers working at google.
How should they feel helping to build weapon systems for a country that openly threatens their home countries or close allies?
If google didn't start with "don't be evil" and didn't continue to pledge not use use AI for weapons, this would be different.
This is as bad as having an "Open" for-profit company.
Let's see which of the big labs remain attractive non-US citizens.