Microsoft faces backlash after reports surfaced that its AI models were utilized by the Israeli military to select bombing targets in Gaza. Employee protests disrupted the company's 50th anniversary celebration, where Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman was presenting product updates. Employees called out the ethical implications of Microsoft's collaboration with the military amidst claims of facilitated violence in the region. The protests echo prior instances of dissent among Microsoft staff regarding contracts linked to military operations, indicating growing tensions over corporate involvement in conflict.
"You claim that you care about using AI for good but Microsoft sells AI weapons to the Israeli military. Fifty-thousand people have died and Microsoft powers this genocide in our region."
"Thank you for your protest, I hear you," Suleyman said in response to the on-stage interruption during the company's anniversary celebration.
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