Microsoft's vice chairman and president has Brad Smith shared an internal memo sent to employees this morning that confirms the company is moving to block the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) from using some of its cloud AI and Azure services.
The Guardian had originally reported that the Israeli government was using Microsoft's services to store data and recordings of calls from Palestinians. Microsoft has now admitted that it has found "elements" of The Guardian's report to be true and is now moving to disable specific IMOD subscriptions and services.
