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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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[–] GreyAlien@lemm.ee 93 points 1 day ago (5 children)

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

[–] stormdahl@lemmy.world 15 points 14 hours ago

That is seriously dystopian. Wow, what the fuck..

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 6 points 12 hours ago

When families were present??? That's indefensible. It's not just the children in the home, it's all the neighbours kids, visitors and passers by. It's inhumane.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Google and Amazon are mentioned in the Wikipedia article but not Microsoft.

Not defending them, just asking for better evidence.

[–] Bazoogle@lemmy.world 13 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Microsoft isn't mentioned in the text, but the 3rd citation is a reference to Microsoft: Microsoft to Launch Much Awaited Cloud Server Farm in Israel in 2021

Separately, I did a quick search: Revealed: Microsoft deepened ties with Israeli military to provide tech support during Gaza war

In recent years, documents show, Microsoft has also provided the Israeli military with large-scale access to OpenAI’s GPT-4 model – the engine behind ChatGPT – thanks to a partnership with the developer of the AI tools which recently changed its policies against working with military and intelligence clients.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

Thanks. Not doubting, but it's good to have detailed sources.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Holy fuck!

That's fucking awful!

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 23 points 1 day ago

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