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A Microsoft employee disrupted the company’s 50th anniversary event to protest its use of AI.

“Shame on you,” said Microsoft employee Ibtihal Aboussad, speaking directly to Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. “You are a war profiteer. Stop using AI for genocide. Stop using AI for genocide in our region. You have blood on your hands. All of Microsoft has blood on its hands. How dare you all celebrate when Microsoft is killing children. Shame on you all.”

Sources at Microsoft tell The Verge that shortly after Aboussad was ushered out of Microsoft’s event, she sent an email to a number of email distribution lists that contain hundreds or thousands of Microsoft employees. Here is Aboussad’s email in full:

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 hour ago

It takes massive courage to give up a cozy job at Microsoft and potentially damage your entire career to stand up for your values this way. Props to her!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 minutes ago (1 children)

Microsoft will sell US citizens out in a second when the government tells them to. They will use their AI to round us up without batting an eye. They can not be trusted anymore.

Microsoft is now a threat to democracy and human existence. They are already working against us with governments. This is the tipping point that no one will hear about.

There is too much at stake and they are too big to fail. The government will viciously take down anyone spreading the truth. Continuing to support Microsoft is now a death sentence to democracy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 minutes ago

Username checks out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 minutes ago

Reading some comments here, I want to leave a gentle reminder to my fellow redditfugees: the block user option is your friend. Curate your feed or get fed.

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We know by now, the more we engage, the more online space they get to fill with accelerationist Content.

So just click the account name, then click the block button, and you'll never see their viral brainrot again. Nobody needs to know; no need to announce it. If your freezepeach philosophy prevents that, maybe just upvote one of the replies you agree with and move on. If you're on mobile, you can tag the account through Voyager etc instead of blocking, if you prefer.

However you manage it, removing doomscroller ragebait from your Feed is worth doing.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 53 minutes ago

That's a really long email.

[–] [email protected] 104 points 21 hours ago (7 children)

LinkedIn just deleted her profile, I was following her yesterday: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ibtihalaboussad

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

You're sure she didn't delete it herself due to the attention she was probably getting?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 46 minutes ago)

Of course they're not sure. This is an internet forum. The account being gone must mean it was deleted. Honestly, she was probably getting so much bat shit crazy messages, she deleted it herself. That makes the most sense.

3rd citation is a reference to Micro

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Could be she set it to private. It's what I did when I left my last gig.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

It’s crazy how democracy is now implicitly democracy incorporated(TM) where individuals are silenced for expressing opinions about corporations. Vital institutions for a functioning democracy like media is now owned by big corporations, worse yet, in an increasingly monopolized way, blurring the lines between unelected corporations and elected government (who are also bought by corporations after or before they are elected)

[–] [email protected] 42 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Goes to prove that LinkedIn is just exactly like every other social media platform despite what many people seem to believe.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 20 hours ago

Also, Microsoft owns LinkedIn so that might have something to do with it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 19 hours ago

LinkedIn as in the website owned by Microsoft? You don't say!

And Microsoft will now just make sure she vant find a job anywhere? You don't say

[–] [email protected] 17 points 20 hours ago

Makes sense its owned by MS

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 20 hours ago

Ballsy move. I hope she's okay.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

What a hero! I hope she is alright.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

She doubled down on video, showing no fear of consequences.

Hero is unquestionably the right word.

[–] [email protected] 144 points 1 day ago

This is such a bold move. Takes courage to speak up from the inside, especially at an event like that. Whether people agree or not, the conversation about the ethics of AI and its real-world consequences needs to happen.

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