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Microsoft Fires Employee Who Interrupted CEO's Speech to Protest AI Tech for Israeli Military
- Microsoft fired software engineer Joe Lopez after he interrupted CEO Satya Nadella's speech at the Build developer conference in Seattle on Monday.
- Lopez protested Microsoft’s provision of AI technology to the Israeli military used in the war in Gaza, which sparked several pro-Palestinian disruptions at the event.
- The four-day event held at the Seattle Convention Center attracted thousands of software engineers, during which at least three executive presentations were interrupted and the audio feed of one livestream briefly went silent.
- Microsoft confirmed that it provided artificial intelligence technologies to Israel’s military during the Gaza conflict but stated it has found no proof that its Azure platform was used to cause harm in Gaza; meanwhile, an internal group reportedly blocked emails containing references to Palestine and Gaza.
- Lopez was escorted out, sent a mass email disputing company claims about Azure usage in Gaza, and received a termination letter he could not open, highlighting ongoing employee dissent and company responses.
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