Microsoft acknowledges that it sold Israel AI technology during the Hamas War: 'No evidence used by Azure to harm people' today 'today

Microsoft acknowledged on Thursday that it provided the Israeli army advanced artificial intelligence and wool-computing services during its war with Gaza, but emphasized that it was not used to harm people. The US technical giant in a statement issued on May 15 conducted an internal overview and involved an external firm to determine reports that its technology was used to cause damage to Gaza. The statement further noted that it helped to locate and save Israeli hostages. “Microsoft offers IMod software, professional services, Azure Cloud Services and Azure AI services, including language translation. As with many governments around the world, we also work with the Israeli government to protect its national cyberspace from external threats,” Microsoft said. Thursday’s statement is probably Microsoft’s first recognition of his involvement in the war, which began after 1,200 Israelis died by Hamas and so far led to the death of tens of thousands of people in Gaza. It comes almost three months after the Associated Press previously unreported details of the close partnership of the US technical giant with the Israeli defense revealed, with the military use of commercial AI products that attacked nearly 200 times after the deadly October 7, 2023. What did Microsoft say? With the recognition of his involvement in the war, Microsoft said that his relationship with the Israeli army was “structured as a standard commercial relationship” where the client is bound by all his policy. “Based on our review, including both our internal assessments and external review, we found no evidence that Microsoft’s Azure and AI technologies, or any of our other software, were used to harm people, or that IMod did not meet our conditions of service or our AI Code of Conduct. However, Microsoft has further acknowledged that it provides’ occasional access to its technologies to its clients above the conditions of agreement. Microsoft gave a limited emergency support to the Israeli government in the weeks after the Hamas attack in 2023 to locate hostages, it states. The company does not directly address several questions about exactly how the Israeli army uses its technologies.