Art Rock Legend Brian Eno has called on Microsoft to cut off its relations with Israel, saying that the Israeli Ministry of Defense supplies cloud and AI services “supports a government that is leading the leading legal scholars and human rights organizations.
Eno belongs to Microsoft 30 years behind-he developed a famous boot-up jangal for Windows 95, which was recently included in the National Recording Registry at the US Library of Congress.
In an open letter posted, Eno wrote, “I happily took this project as a creative challenge and enjoyed interaction with my contacts in the company.” Instagram (Through Stereagm) “I have never believed that the same company can one day be involved in oppression and war machinery.”
Eno referred to Microsoft The statement of May 15 “On issues related to technology services in Israel and Gaza,” the company acknowledged to provide various technologies and services to the Israeli Ministry of Defense, but refused to do any carpet in the ongoing IMOD attacks on Gaza – although it does not even need to use their software on their own software.
Regardless, Anno is not clearly interested in protesting Microsoft’s innocence: “The sale and facility of advanced AI and cloud services to the government engaged in organized ethnic cleansing is not ‘normal business’. This is complexity.
Eno called on Microsoft to “suspend all services that support any actions that support international law violations” and said he expressed solidarity with brave Microsoft workers who have really refused to disrupt and remain silent. They risk their livelihood for these people and will continue to lose their lives. “
Two Microsoft employees interrupted the company’s 50th anniversary program in early April to protest their confusion with the Israeli army. The two were fired less than a week after a week, but still a similar protest took place earlier this week at the Microsoft Blood Developer Conference. The destiny of these employees is not yet known.
Eno invited “artists, technicians, musicians, and all of the conscience to join the call,” and promised that Windows 95 start -up sounding fees would go to help the victims of the attacks on Gaza.
