Thursday, July 3, 2025

How Palantir, Google & Amazon armed Israel's genocide in Gaza

 

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What does the war look like in the age of AI?

This week on the Big Picture Podcast, we’re joined by author and investigative journalist Antony Loewenstein.

We spoke to Loewenstein early in 2024 about his best-selling book ‘The Palestine Laboratory’ - which chronicled how Israel tests high tech weapons in Gaza before exporting them to the world.

Since then, The Palestine Laboratory has been turned into a documentary with Al Jazeera, where Loewenstein travels to Mexico, Greece, India and South Africa to investigate how this technology is changing law enforcement and government surveillance around the world.

Part of his work has examined how Silicon Valley and the AI sector have fueled the rise of a new arms race, one where technology giants like Microsoft and Amazon now compete for lucrative defence contracts worth tens of billions of dollars.

These are the same companies that once promised only to use their powers for good. Google famously enshrined the words ‘Don’t Be Evil’ into their manifesto.

But what was happening behind the scenes was a different story.

  • Intro
  • Silicon Valley is showing its true face
  • Palantir and American militarism
  • Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Israel
  • Testing AI weapons in Gaza
  • Israel seeks revenge
  • Big Tech and Israel
  • Ideological shift in silicon valley
  • Disrupting the weapons industry
  • Israel's survival relies on militarism
  • Tech and democracy
  • Breaking up big tech
  • Technology and power




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