"Based on our review, including both our internal assessments and external review, we have found no evidence that Microsoft's Azure and AI technologies, or any of our other software, have been used to harm people or that IMOD [Israel's Ministry of Defense] has failed to comply with our terms of service or our AI Code of Conduct," Microsoft said in its statement. It is hard to square the claim that IMOD does not use Azure in a way that harms people with the news from Gaza, where more than 53,000 people are believed to have been killed since Israel's attacks began in October 2023 in response to a Hamas assault on Israel, although some estimates put the death toll much higher . "Microsoft's extensive ties with Israel's military are revealed in investigations by The Guardian with the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine, demonstrating how the Israeli military turned to Microsoft to meet the technological demands of genocide."
Author: andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk) , Andy Chalk
Published at: 2025-05-20 22:55:59
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