Microsoft’s AI security chief accidentally reveals Walmart’s AI plans after protest
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Summary
Microsoft’s head of security for AI, Neta Haiby, was co-hosting a session on best security practices for AI during Build when she was interrupted by protesters.
The protest was led by former Microsoft employee Hossam Nasr, who works with protest group No Azure for Apartheid, and Vaniya Agrawal.
The group are protesting Microsoft’s cloud contracts with the Israeli government, and claim that Microsoft is “fueling the genocide in Palestine”.
During the protest, Haiby accidentally revealed some confidential Microsoft Teams messages while sharing her screen, which referred to Walmart’s use of Microsoft’s Entra and AI Gateway services.
This is the third protest to take place at Build this year, and comes just days after Microsoft announced that it had reviewed its use of Azure and AI technologies with the Israeli Ministry of Defence, and found that it had not been used to harm people.