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'Googlers Against Genocide' protests gain steam as Google workers fight contracts with Israel
Google employees are protesting the company's AI and cloud contracts with the Israeli government
The protestors demand their company drop Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion contract held by Google and Amazon to provide AI and cloud computing services to the Israeli government and military. The Israeli Finance Ministry called Google and Amazon’s Project Nimbus an all-encompassing cloud solution for the country’s “ defense establishment ” in 2021. However, recent reporting from+972 magazine suggests that Israel is using an advanced AI system called “ Lavender ” to label citizens in Gaza as targets on a kill list.
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