Microsoft employees have published an open letter calling for the company to abandon its bid for the Joint Enterprise Defense Initiative ( JEDI ) Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Gizmodo, though a spokesperson told the Daily Telegraph, “Microsoft submitted its bid on the JEDI contract on the October 12 deadline. military cloud computing contract . The move follows Microsoft ’s decision to abandon its own bid for the project , potentially worth up to $ 10bn , due to backlash from its employees and fears the contract could breach the company ’s “ AI principles ” . The letter states that staff joined Mircrosoft in “ the expectation that the technologies we build will not cause harm or human suffering . ” The statement also accuses executives at the company of betraying Microsoft ’s own AI principles .
Microsoft employees have published an open letter calling for the company to abandon its bid for the Joint Enterprise Defense Initiative ( JEDI ) military cloud computing contract . The move follows Microsoft ’s decision to abandon its own bid for the project , potentially worth up to $ 10bn , due to backlash from its employees and fears the contract could breach the company ’s “ AI principles ” . The letter states that staff joined Mircrosoft in “ the expectation that the technologies we build will not cause harm or human suffering . ” The statement also accuses executives at the company of betraying Microsoft ’s own AI principles .