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Google drops out of $100M Pentagon prize for voice-controlled autonomous drone swarms, sources say.

Google dropped out of a $100 million Pentagon prize challenge for autonomous drone swarm technology after initially being among successful submissions, according to people briefed on the matter.

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Google dropped out of a $100 million Pentagon prize challenge for autonomous drone swarm technology after initially being among successful submissions, according to people briefed on the matter.

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