Comment by bhouston

And he doesn't even get around to mentioning that Google (and Amazon) are providing AI computing to Israel even though Google's own lawyer warned that they could be used to violate human rights. Their lawyers wrote: "Google Cloud services could be used for, or linked to, the facilitation of human rights violations, including Israeli activity in the West Bank.”

It gets worse, they got advice and then didn't follow it:

"Google reportedly sought input from consultants including the firm Business for Social Responsibility (BSR). Consultants apparently recommended that the contract bar the sale and use of its AI tools to the Israeli military 'and other sensitive customers,' the report says. Ultimately, the [Google] contract reportedly didn’t reflect those recommendations."

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24311951/google-project-n...

The end result is Lavender which HRW details here: https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/09/10/questions-and-answers-is...