Microsoft reportedly dismissed two software engineers, Ibtihal Aboussad and Vaniya Agrawal, following their protest at the company’s Copilot and 50th anniversary event last week. The protest was against Microsoft’s alleged ties with the Israeli military. An internal message seen by CNBC stated that Aboussad could have raised her concerns privately but instead chose to disrupt the speech of Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. During the event, Aboussad interrupted Suleyman’s keynote on new AI products, shouting that he had ‘blood on his hands.’ Later, Agrawal interrupted a panel featuring Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, former CEO Steve Ballmer, and founder Bill Gates, calling for the company to cut ties with Israel.
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