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Palestinian activists protested Amazon CTO Werner Vogels at the "AI for Good" summit in Geneva, accusing Amazon's Nimbus Project of providing AI and cloud services to Israel for military operations in Gaza. The AI system is alleged to aid surveillance and targeting, contributing to harm against Palestinians.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The article explicitly links AI systems developed and provided by Amazon and Google under the Nimbus Project to military applications used in attacks in Gaza, which constitute harm to groups of people. The AI system's use in surveillance and targeting directly contributes to violations of human rights and harm to communities. Therefore, this qualifies as an AI Incident because the AI system's use has directly or indirectly led to harm. The protests and accusations are in response to this realized harm, not merely potential or hypothetical risks, and the AI system involvement is clear and central to the event.[AI generated]