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Israel is using AI technology in its war against Gaza and ongoing attacks in Lebanon on a scale unprecedented in the history of warfare, and all with the critical support of American tech companies.Google, Microsoft and Amazon are at the top of a much longer list of tech firms that have signed comprehensive strategic agreements with the Israeli government, providing essentially unlimited storage — used by Israel to keep vast amounts of data collected on Palestinians and Lebanese — and, importantly, the ability to sort through it.Several media investigations revealed the depth of these collaborations, including from The Guardian, The Associated Press, The New York Times, +972 Magazine, and Drop Site News, among others. Read more In Israeli prisons, widespread torture of Palestinian detainees Project Nimbus and the race to serve...
Israel is using AI technology in its war against Gaza and ongoing attacks in Lebanon on a scale unprecedented in the history of warfare, and all with the critical support of American tech companies.Google, Microsoft and Amazon are at the top of a much longer list of tech firms that have signed comprehensive strategic agreements with the Israeli government, providing essentially unlimited storage — used by Israel to keep vast amounts of data collected on Palestinians and Lebanese — and, importantly, the ability to sort through it.Several media investigations revealed the depth of these collaborations, including from The Guardian, The Associated Press, The New York Times, +972 Magazine, and Drop Site News, among others. Read more In Israeli prisons, widespread torture of Palestinian detainees Project Nimbus and the race to serve...