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Microsoft employee disrupts 50th anniversary and calls AI boss ‘war profiteer’

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    A Microsoft employee disrupted the company’s 50th anniversary event to protest its use of AI.

    “Shame on you,” said Microsoft employee Ibtihal Aboussad, speaking directly to Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. “You are a war profiteer. Stop using AI for genocide. Stop using AI for genocide in our region. You have blood on your hands. All of Microsoft has blood on its hands. How dare you all celebrate when Microsoft is killing children. Shame on you all.”

    Sources at Microsoft tell The Verge that shortly after Aboussad was ushered out of Microsoft’s event, she sent an email to a number of email distribution lists that contain hundreds or thousands of Microsoft employees. Here is Aboussad’s email in full:

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    What a hero! I hope she is alright.

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      Can anyone ELI5 how they're using AI for genocide? I have awful IT skills so I don't understand AI

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      In long.

      In short:

      The AI system labeled tens of thousands of Gazans, mostly men, as suspected militants, with a 10% error rate, meaning thousands were likely civilians.

      Human officers spent ~20 seconds per target, often just confirming gender, before approving airstrikes.

      "Where’s Daddy?": A companion AI tracked targets to their homes, prioritizing bombings at night when families were present.

      The military authorized 15–20 civilian deaths per low-ranking militant and 100+ for senior Hamas officials

      Strikes frequently used unguided munitions, maximizing destruction and civilian harm

      Officers admitted acting as "stamps" for AI decisions, with one calling the process "hunting at large"

      Additional informations: Project Nimbus

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        In long.

        In short:

        The AI system labeled tens of thousands of Gazans, mostly men, as suspected militants, with a 10% error rate, meaning thousands were likely civilians.

        Human officers spent ~20 seconds per target, often just confirming gender, before approving airstrikes.

        "Where’s Daddy?": A companion AI tracked targets to their homes, prioritizing bombings at night when families were present.

        The military authorized 15–20 civilian deaths per low-ranking militant and 100+ for senior Hamas officials

        Strikes frequently used unguided munitions, maximizing destruction and civilian harm

        Officers admitted acting as "stamps" for AI decisions, with one calling the process "hunting at large"

        Additional informations: Project Nimbus

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        Holy fuck!

        That's fucking awful!

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          Most Reddit subs block comments or ban you outright if you mention Palestine or Israel. Reddit has taken censorship too far.

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          Speaking about using AI for genocide is "too political". Please keep the posts limited to Donald Trump golfing and tech leaders donating to Trump. And the US government using AI to track people (unless it is anti genocide protesters, that is political).

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            Yes, and journalism soilders, UN shelter soilders, and the humanitarian aid workers from World Central Kitchen from U.S., U.K., and Australia, believe it or not, also hamas soldiers.

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            Hahahah you sir, ate. chefkiss

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              From the article:

              The Israeli military uses Microsoft Azure to compile information gathered through mass surveillance, which it transcribes and translates, including phone calls, texts and audio messages, according to an Israeli intelligence officer who works with the systems.

              From my understanding, they use AI to automate the processing of text, audio, and video data collected by the intelligence services.

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              https://lemmy.world/comment/16260451

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                LinkedIn just deleted her profile, I was following her yesterday: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ibtihalaboussad

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                It’s crazy how democracy is now implicitly democracy incorporated(TM) where individuals are silenced for expressing opinions about corporations. Vital institutions for a functioning democracy like media is now owned by big corporations, worse yet, in an increasingly monopolized way, blurring the lines between unelected corporations and elected government (who are also bought by corporations after or before they are elected)

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                  In long.

                  In short:

                  The AI system labeled tens of thousands of Gazans, mostly men, as suspected militants, with a 10% error rate, meaning thousands were likely civilians.

                  Human officers spent ~20 seconds per target, often just confirming gender, before approving airstrikes.

                  "Where’s Daddy?": A companion AI tracked targets to their homes, prioritizing bombings at night when families were present.

                  The military authorized 15–20 civilian deaths per low-ranking militant and 100+ for senior Hamas officials

                  Strikes frequently used unguided munitions, maximizing destruction and civilian harm

                  Officers admitted acting as "stamps" for AI decisions, with one calling the process "hunting at large"

                  Additional informations: Project Nimbus

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                  this is comedically evil I don't even know what to say

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                    LinkedIn just deleted her profile, I was following her yesterday: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ibtihalaboussad

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                    LinkedIn as in the website owned by Microsoft? You don't say!

                    And Microsoft will now just make sure she vant find a job anywhere? You don't say

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                      Hamas does rely on child soldiers.

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                      So it's okay to kill children, because they might be Hamas? Do you hear yourself?

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                        "I hear your protest, thank you." He was trained with words of acknowledgement. Such useless words.

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                        "I've heard it...and now I'm ignoring it."

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                          I think a lot of companies will see her name in a google search, think "risk" and disqualify her

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                          Then Trump will deport her.

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                            I think she had prepared things before and moved quickly. I am amazed by her braveness and dedication and hope to improve by her example. I hope i can honor her commitment a tiny bit by working to further reduce my microsoft usage.

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                            I drastically reduced it by switching to Linux.

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                              It’s crazy how democracy is now implicitly democracy incorporated(TM) where individuals are silenced for expressing opinions about corporations. Vital institutions for a functioning democracy like media is now owned by big corporations, worse yet, in an increasingly monopolized way, blurring the lines between unelected corporations and elected government (who are also bought by corporations after or before they are elected)

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                              Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives

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                                Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives

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                                I fear that we have little time before they become self-sufficient enough on an island like Zuck and don’t need us bickering at each other or outputing wealth for them. Back to the cavemen times where the guys on top control the masses through brute force. This time AI-powered brute force. With advancements in robotics and multimodal AI, what stops Zuck or Musk from training their own army of robots (both humanoid and otherwise) and instruct them to detain or destroy people? They have the means and the data.

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                                  What a hero! I hope she is alright.

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                                  She doubled down on video, showing no fear of consequences. Hero is unquestionably the right word.

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                                    I fear that we have little time before they become self-sufficient enough on an island like Zuck and don’t need us bickering at each other or outputing wealth for them. Back to the cavemen times where the guys on top control the masses through brute force. This time AI-powered brute force. With advancements in robotics and multimodal AI, what stops Zuck or Musk from training their own army of robots (both humanoid and otherwise) and instruct them to detain or destroy people? They have the means and the data.

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                                    IMO since they can't even seem to wipe their own asses without us the rich will never be self sufficient or self sustaining on their own.

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                                      IMO since they can't even seem to wipe their own asses without us the rich will never be self sufficient or self sustaining on their own.

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                                      Imagine: an AI-powered ass wiper for the rich but it goes ballistic in the middle of it all and starts smearing shit all over the rich boomer who thought and AI-powered ass wiper was a good idea.

                                      Jokes aside, I want to note there are many of the rich we don’t see clowning in the media like Müsk.

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                                        So it's okay to kill children, because they might be Hamas? Do you hear yourself?

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                                        When parents knowingly let their children play near enemy soldiers they're stupid...

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                                          Yes, and journalism soilders, UN shelter soilders, and the humanitarian aid workers from World Central Kitchen from U.S., U.K., and Australia, believe it or not, also hamas soldiers.

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                                          The UN palestine workers (or at least some) were proven to be associated to hamas.

                                          For the rest I need sources.

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