Microsoft’s Hypocrisy on AI - The Atlantic

This Atlantic investigation by Karen Hao exposes Microsoft’s hypocrisy: while publicly championing AI to fight climate change, the company has been quietly selling powerful AI tools to fossil-fuel giants like ExxonMobil and Chevron to optimize oil and gas extraction. The story offers an inside look at internal employee pushback—including from climate advocates like  myself—who challenged the company’s environmental credibility as it pursued lucrative contracts with Big Oil.