Microsoft Says It Provided AI to Israeli Military for War but Denies Use to Harm People in Gaza

AI provided to Israel military didn't target civilians in Gaza: Microsoft

Washington: Microsoft acknowledged Thursday that it sold advanced artificial intelligence and cloud computing services to the Israeli military during the war in Gaza and aided in efforts to locate and rescue Israeli hostages. But the company also said it has found no evidence to date that its Azure platform and AI technologies were used to target or harm people in Gaza. The unsigned blog post on Microsoft’s corporate website appears to be the co…

Microsoft says it provided AI to Israeli military for war but denies use to harm people in Gaza

Microsoft acknowledged Thursday that it sold advanced artificial intelligence and cloud computing services to the Israeli military during the war in Gaza and aided in efforts to locate and rescue Israeli hostages. But the company also said it has found no evidence to date that its Azure platform and AI technologies were used to target or harm people in Gaza.

Microsoft Says There's 'No Evidence' Its Azure and AI Models Have Harmed People in Gaza

But even in a statement to clear its name, Microsoft acknowledged it can't know the full extent of Israel's use of its technologies.

Microsoft says its Azure and AI tech hasn’t harmed people in Gaza

Microsoft says it has found no evidence that the Israeli military has used its Azure and AI technology to harm Palestinian civilians or anyone else in Gaza. The software maker says it has “conducted an internal review and engaged an external firm,” to perform a review, after some Microsoft employees have repeatedly called on the company to cut its contracts with the Israeli government. Microsoft says that its relationship with the Israel Ministr…

The technology giant admitted for the first time that it hired an outside firm to investigate its ties to Israel • Denied using its technologies to harm civilians in Gaza • Will not be implicated in the claim that it provided the IDF with 19,000 hours of engineering and consulting services • A group of employees at the company announced that they will continue their protest against Israel

Microsoft: There is no evidence that our tech has harmed civilians in Gaza

After firing two employees last month for protesting its Israeli ties, Microsoft now claims no evidence its tech harmed Gaza civilians.