Keep in mind, that other "large concerns" may also be interested in testing the communications capabilities on an HAA and may also be partnered in a way we do not yet understand:
notice the picture in the upper banner. Look familiar?
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)