Microsoft Fires Engineer Who Protested AI Use in Gaza Genocide

Washington (Quds News Network)- Microsoft has fired software engineer Ibtihal Aboussad after she publicly protested the company’s AI use by the Israeli military in the Gaza genocide. CNBC reported the dismissal on Monday, citing internal company documents.

Aboussad worked in Microsoft’s AI division in Canada. She disrupted a company event on Friday, stressing that Microsoft has been enabling war crimes through its technology. She told Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, “You…