While the review is ongoing, Microsoft said it found evidence supporting previous reports that Israel uses it for intelligence, including details on the Defense Ministry's consumption of Azure storage capacity in the Netherlands and the use of AI services
Current and former staff occupied an area of the Microsoft campus with signs that read 'Join The Worker Intifada – No Labor for Genocide' following a report that Israeli intelligence had used Azure to store vast amounts of data collected on Palestinians
Microsoft acknowledged its deep involvement in the Gaza war for the first time, but did not directly address questions about precisely how the Israeli military is using its technologies
The Times said it is the first major US media organization to sue OpenAI and Microsoft, which created ChatGPT and other AI platforms, over copyright issues.