On Friday, during Microsoft’s 50th-anniversary celebration in Redmond, Washington, a Moroccan engineer and a Microsoft employee Ibtihal Aboussad interrupted the event with a powerful protest against the tech giant’s involvement in the ongoing Genocide in Gaza. As AI chief Mustafa Suleyman addressed an audience that included Bill Gates, Aboussad stood and shouted, “You are a war profiteer. Stop using AI for genocide.” Despite his cool, casual dress, Suleyman, a Syrian-American and the head of Microsoft’s AI division, was visibly shaken and uncool. “Mustafa, shame on you,” Ms. Aboussad called on him as she was walking toward the stage.,
