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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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[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 29 points 7 hours ago (25 children)

Install Linux

[–] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 hours ago (21 children)

How does Linux fair with gaming, game dev, and modding? I don't wanna get on Linux and have to jump through hoops just to get Vortex working for Nexusmods or something.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 3 points 6 hours ago (11 children)

If you want those mindless online shooter games who slobber all over that absolutely useless anticheat software, then stay on windows honestly. Everything else is mostly even better on Linux because you have less overhead. Every single game I play works 100%.

[–] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

There isn't just mindless online slobber shooters on Windows, y'know. Those same shooters exist on Linux too.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 2 points 6 hours ago

I'm talking about the games themselves, not where they exist.

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