Google employees, kept in the dark about firm's sale of advanced AI tools to Israel, say it could bolster Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestine
Sam Biddle / The Intercept : Tweets: @timnitgebru , @amnestytech , @jathansadowski , and @samfbiddle Tweets: Timnit Gebru / @timnitgebru : “documents indicate that the new cloud would give Israel capabilities for facial detection, automated image categorization, object tracking, and even sentiment analysis that claims to assess the emotional content of pictures, speech, and writing.” https://theintercept.com/... @amnestytech : “Google's machine learning capabilities along with the Israeli state's surveillance infrastructure poses a real threat to the human rights of Palestinians,” says @amnesty's @Damini_Satija https://twitter.com/... Jathan Sadowski / @jathansadowski : “Sadowski says that some technologies amplify the exercise of power to such an extent that even their use by a country with a spotless human rights record would provide little reassurance.” I spoke with @samfbiddle for his excellent, in-depth piece: https://theintercept.com/... Sam Biddle / @samfbiddle : NEW: Google training documents show the company's “Project Nimbus” contract with the Israeli government and military includes a variety of AI and ML tools, technology critics worry will worsen the surveillance of Palestinians and bolster the occupation https://theintercept.com/...