Microsoft is a major provider of cloud services and artificial intelligence for the Israeli military, according to internal documents related to the contracts between the Israeli Ministry of Defense (MoD) and Microsoft Israel obtained by Drop Site News. The leaked documents show that Israel’s usage spiked dramatically in the months following October 7, 2023 when Israel was using AI and other technology to wage its brutal war on Gaza.
The trove of documents reveals that Microsoft’s ties to the Israeli military are deeper and more lucrative than previously known, exposing the tech giant’s role in supplying advanced cloud and AI services during the war that multiple international bodies, including the International Court of Justice, ruled may plausibly constitute a genocide.
Leaked data show a dramatic spike in Microsoft cloud storage used by the Israeli military, jumping more than 155 percent between June 2023 and April 2024, and peaking just before the Rafah offensive in May 2024. Storage use is an important indicator showing the extent of AI usage, since storage usually grows along with the usage of other cloud products.
And what are we gonna do about it?
Install Linux
And libreoffice, and stop using copilot or game pass or any of their services
Stop using copilot? Has anyone started?
Unfortunately, a lot of people. Probably not so many here on Lemmy but a lot of people. And I even know a couple of them irl :(
So I guess there is a use case for AI,
It’s almost like out of a movie, the technology can only be used to benefit evil.
Was super obvious last year when Israel was running ads on blogs about their occupation. Super cringe AI stuff.
Ironically, IBM also does a lot of business with the Israeli military.
Until proven otherwise assume every United States Corporation supports the Likud Government and their genocidal aspirations in one way or another, especially US Tech and Military Corporations.
The irony is in the fact they sold databases to the Reich for asset manager and business process management (hey kids, did you know the Holocaust forearm tattoos were the database entry ID? Can’t go wrong buying blue!)
Good for Israel! Thanks Microsoft, the one good thing you’ve done recently
You are closer to living in a tent like the people in Gaza than you are to the oligarchs that want to level it for their beachfront properties.
Remember that next time you want to dehumanize the 50 000+ people that are dead.
(And, no, I don’t support Hamas)
Don’t start a war if you don’t want consequences
one night in Gaza would break you
Lmaooo
