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The Israeli Military Is One of Microsoft's Top AI Customers, Leaked Documents Reveal (www.dropsitenews.com)
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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.

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[–] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 16 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

And libreoffice, and stop using copilot or game pass or any of their services

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Stop using copilot? Has anyone started?

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

I used it only once, pretty mad about finding out that it was autoinstalled on my workingplace pc. Asked it "how do i uninstall this shit?"

It apologized to me and proceeded to copy the instructions to take bing out of the menu search bar.

I was impressed

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 2 points 43 minutes ago

Ah work PC is work PC. I’ll try to turn off Bluetooth when possible, local network access, and phone and microphone on anything not strictly necessary

[–] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 6 hours ago

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 :(