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Microsoft employee disrupts 50th anniversary and calls AI boss ‘war profiteer’ (www.theverge.com)
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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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[–] PolarKraken@sh.itjust.works 55 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

You say complacent, I say complicit.

[–] mPony@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

You say pervasive, and I say permissive [soft-shoe dance]

[–] lemmy_acct_id_8647@lemmy.world 34 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I keep this shot as a badge of honour

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

What was the reason in your inbox?

[–] daddakamabb@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I am temp banned for saying I hope a covid denier gets covid multiple times and is intubated each time to experience the panic of possibly never waking up again. I incited violence. I just hope they got to experience the trauma that I've seen working at a hospital. It might be real to them then.

[–] lemmy_acct_id_8647@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Keep it up. With a can do attitude and a pocket full of dreams, you too can achieve this distinction one day 😅

[–] lemmy_acct_id_8647@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

For "threatening violence" which apparently was due to a comment I made where I said I wouldn't piss on a Tesla fire if Musk's mom was inside.

[–] fed0sine@lemm.ee 10 points 13 hours ago

I thought I read it as complicit the first time.