A Microsoft employee who disrupted the company’s 50th-anniversary event in protest against the company’s sale of AI tools to the Israeli military has spoken out about her decision to demonstrate.
“We cannot be celebrating while people in Palestine are getting murdered thanks to Microsoft,” Ibtihal Aboussad told local media.
She said she may face consequences for her protest but that her “biggest concern right now” is knowing “that our code is contributing to bombing, surveillance and targeting of innocents”.
She added: “For me, my biggest fear is waking up for my 9-5 and realising that my code might be killing children today. That’s the concern that was more prevalent for me and that’s why I spoke despite knowing there may be consequences.
“The fear of contributing to the genocide in Gaza is greater for me.”
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