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Arkane Devs Call For Microsoft To Stop Working With Israel
An open letter from union members directed at company leadership says Microsoft has "no place being accomplice of a genocide."
Developers at Arkane Studios in France have called on their parent company, Microsoft, to stop supporting Israel during its ongoing war in Gaza, which a UN Special Committee said was "consistent with the characteristics of genocide." The letter cites reporting from the Associated Press showing Microsoft has collaborated with the Israeli military through its cloud and Azure services, as well as its AI systems that have been used to define bombing targets. A United Nations report published in late July says that food security experts warn of a "worst-case scenario of famine" unfolding in the region, as "widespread starvation, malnutrition and disease" are driving an increase in hunger-related deaths.
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