Over the last few months, there has been a debate in our industry about when and how technology companies should work with the government, and specifically whether companies should supply digital technology to the military, including here in the United States. Yesterday, Satya Nadella and I addressed this issue in a conversation with our employees at the company’s monthly Q&A session. Given the public interest in this question, we want to be transparent both internally and externally on where Microsoft stands on these issues.
As we explained at our Q&A session, our work as a company in this space is based on three straightforward convictions.
- We believe in the strong defense of the United States and we want the people who defend it to have access to the nation’s best technology, including from Microsoft.
- We appreciate the important new ethical and policy issues that artificial intelligence is creating for weapons and warfare…
- We understand that some of our employees may have different views…
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