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Caroline Haskins Jun 26, 2024

New for WIRED:
Today, 2 activists disrupted an Amazon exec at the AWS Summit to protest Project Nimbus, Amazon + Google’s $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli government
https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-aws-project-nimbus-conference-protest-israel-gaza/

Activists Disrupt Amazon Conference Over $1.2 Billion Contract With Israel

Members of the activist group No Tech for Apartheid interrupted a senior Amazon executive's speech at a conference in Washington, DC, on Wednesday over the company's Project Nimbus cloud contract.

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Caroline Haskins Jun 18, 2024

New from me at @wired:
1100+ STEM students from 120+ universities have signed a pledge to not work/intern for Google or Amazon until they drop Project Nimbus, their $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli government
https://www.wired.com/story/stem-students-refuse-to-work-at-google-and-amazon-over-project-nimbus/

STEM Students Refuse to Work at Google and Amazon Over Project Nimbus

Students and young workers from over 120 universities have pledged to refuse work at Google and Amazon until the Israeli contract is dropped.

WIRED

Caroline Haskins May 22, 2024

New/exclusive:
African workers who moderate platforms like Instagram + train AI for places like OpenAI (often for >$2/hr) pub'ed an open letter to Biden.
They say US tech companies need to stop paying "modern day slavery" level wages & union busting:
https://www.wired.com/story/low-paid-humans-ai-biden-modern-day-slavery/

The Low-Paid Humans Behind AI’s Smarts Ask Biden to Free Them From ‘Modern Day Slavery’

African workers who label AI data or screen social posts for US tech giants are calling on President Biden to raise their plight with Kenya’s president, William Ruto, who visits the US this week.

WIRED

Caroline Haskins May 17, 2024

Last week, I went to an “AI Expo” that was put on by Eric Schmidt’s think tank and funded by Palantir. It was incredibly bleak and surreal. For The Guardian, I wrote about my experience, and the people I met:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/17/ai-weapons-palantir-war-technology

‘I’m the new Oppenheimer!’: my soul-destroying day at Palantir’s first-ever AI warfare conference

America’s military-industrial complex took center stage at AI Expo for National Competitiveness, where a fire-breathing panel set the tone

The Guardian

Caroline Haskins Apr 9, 2024

Last Wednesday, I went to the launch of “Praxis Magazine” (yes, from the company/aspiring crypto nation known for its young founders + far right politics)

Extremely weird event. I also read the magazine, and did not like it. For Hell Gate:
https://hellgatenyc.com/praxis-magazine-party-review-east-village

Fashy Posturing and Rich-Kid Juvenilia? That's Praxis (Magazine) - Hell Gate

Praxis is best known for raising millions in hopes of someday creating an autonomous nation somewhere in the Mediterranean. For now, they're making a magazine and throwing parties.

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Caroline Haskins Apr 2, 2024

This mobilization of Apple workers comes about a month after Google workers had a major demonstration against their employer’s work with the Israeli government
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-store-employees-disciplined-supporting-palestinians/

Apple Store Employees Say Coworkers Were Disciplined for Supporting Palestinians

A protest is planned Saturday at a Chicago Apple store where workers say managers disciplined staff—and fired an employee—for wearing pins, bracelets, or keffiyeh in support of Palestinian people.

WIRED

Caroline Haskins Apr 2, 2024

NEW: ~300 current + former Apple workers, many of them in retail, published an open letter alleging that the company has disciplined or “wrongfully terminated” workers for expressing support for the Palestinian people
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-store-employees-disciplined-supporting-palestinians/

Apple Store Employees Say Coworkers Were Disciplined for Supporting Palestinians

WIRED

Caroline Haskins Dec 5, 2022

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Caroline Haskins Nov 5, 2022