Microsoft has removed two employees interrupted Celebration of the company’s 50th anniversary According to a group that refers to workers, opposing his work by providing artificial intelligence technology (AI) to the Israeli military.
Microsoft blamed one of the workers on Monday In the letter of dismissal of misbehavior, it is designed to “gain fame and make the maximum interference of this expected event.” Microsoft said so The other worker had already announced his resignationBut on Monday, he ordered him to leave five days ago.
The protests began on Friday, Ibhal Abosat, Microsoft Software EngineerHe approached a scene that declared the new attributes of an administrator product And the long -term view of Microsoft’s ambitions As for artificial intelligence.
“You say you are concerned about using artificial intelligence for good, but Microsoft sells artificial intelligence weapons to the military Israel shouted, “Abhosat shouted to Mustafa Suleman, general director of Microsoft’s artificial intelligence.” 50,000 people have died, and Microsoft improves this genocide in our region. “
The struggle forced Suleman to disrupt his speech When the Redmond (Washington) is broadcast directly from the Microsoft complex. The 50th anniversary of the Microsoft Foundation included the co -company Bill Gates and former representative councilor Steve Palmer.
According to Microsoft, Suleman tried to calm the spirits. “Thank you for your opposition. I hear your talk,” he said. Abosat continued to shout that Suleman and Microsoft were all hands with blood. A kefi handkerchief also threw a platform, which has become a symbol of support for the Palestinian people. Second opponent, Vania Agarwal, Microsoft Employee, Interrupted on the back of action.
Goodbye immediately
AbosadWorked at the Canadian headquarters of Microsoft in Toronto, He was invited to a meeting on Monday According to a group of apartheid, with a group of Human Resources, his immediate dismissal was reported to Microsoft to sell the cloud computing base to Israel to Israel.
The Investigation of the Associated Press was revealed that they were used early this year Microsoft and Open AIA artificial intelligence models As part of the Israeli military plan to choose bombing aims during the recent Gaza and Lebanon wars.
There is also a details in the story Incorrect Israeli air strike in 2023 It reached a vehicle, which took members of a Lebanon family, killing three girls and their grandmother. In your defamation letter, mIgroups told Abhosad that he may have raised his concerns Secretly for a manager.
Rather, he said He “triggered hostile accusations, not triggered and most irrelevant” Against Suleman and the company and his “behavior was very aggressive and confused, he had to be taken out of the room for safety.” Agarwal had already warned two weeks ago and left the company on April 11, but on Monday, a manager Microsoft contacted by email saying, “He has decided to resign as a result of today.”
Demonstrations pre -Israeli
It was a very public opposition, but not the first, Work with Microsoft Israel. In February, five Microsoft employees were evicted from a meeting with CEO Satya Nadella to protest against the agreements. “We offer many ways To hear all the voices, “a company report on Friday.
“It is important to highlight it We ask you to do this so as not to cause interference Of business. If that happens, we ask the participants to move. We are obliged to ensure that our business practices meet strict standards. “
Microsoft refused to say Friday that I was going to take new measures, but Both Abhosat and Agarwal believed that they would take them after losing access to their accounts Work after resistance. Last year, dozens of Google workers were sacked after an internal demonstrations for an Israeli government.
Sitting of employees at Google’s offices in Sunniwel, New York and California, aimed at $ 1.2 billion (1.1 billion euros) contract Nimbus planThis provides artificial intelligence technology to the Israeli government. Google workers later lodged a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board in an attempt to restore their work.
