Microsoft has now fired the employees who publicly protested the company supplying AI tech to the Israeli military

Last Friday, two software engineers vocally protested the use of Microsoft's AI technology by the Israeli military. This follows the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement's calls to boycott Xbox earlier that same week (via Rock Paper Shotgun). It has since been reported that, as of this Monday, those two software engineers have been fired by Microsoft.

According to emails and internal communication seen by CNBC, AI software engineer Ibtihal Aboussad was told her...