Since Oct 2023, Google has sold its AI tools Vertex and Gemini AI to the IDF

A few posts from a thread on Bluesky...

STATEMENT—from Google workers with the No Tech for Apartheid campaign on Washington Post’s reporting that Google rushed to sell the Israeli military its AI tools since the launch of its genocidal attack on Gaza began on October 7, 2023 [THREAD] www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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— No Tech For Apartheid (@notechforapartheid.bsky.social) January 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM

Here's that Washington Post story.

Yesterday, reporting from the Washington Post confirmed: Since October 7, Google executives feverishly pushed to get Google's state of the art artificial intelligence technology to the Israeli military. This includes Google’s Vertex and Gemini AI.

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— No Tech For Apartheid (@notechforapartheid.bsky.social) January 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM

Critically, part of this push came from an urgent effort to beat out Amazon, Google’s main competitor in cloud, and the other beneficiary of Project Nimbus.

— No Tech For Apartheid (@notechforapartheid.bsky.social) January 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM

This reporting officially debunks Google’s canned response to workers and press who have, since 2021, raised concerns about the corporation’s business with Israel: Project Nimbus is directed at highly sensitive, classified, or military workloads relevant to weapons or intelligence services.

— No Tech For Apartheid (@notechforapartheid.bsky.social) January 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM

The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have killed over 186,000 Palestinians in Gaza (as estimated by the Lancet in 2024, and likely a massively under-reported number); and products like Vertex and Gemini are not used just for tasks like email or payroll.

— No Tech For Apartheid (@notechforapartheid.bsky.social) January 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM

The thread continues on Bluesky.