Google has fired an employee who protested the company’s $1 billion artificial intelligence contract with the Israeli military. Ariel Koren, a product marketing manager at Google for software engineers, said she was fired for “a culture of disrespect” after accusing the company of violating its own AI ethics by providing advanced AI capabilities to the Israeli government. Koren had sharply criticized the contract, saying it allowed the Israeli military to use Google’s technology against Palestinians. Google defended the contract, saying its work with the Israeli military involves only non-offensive and legitimate cybersecurity projects. The firing has reignited long-simmering debates inside Google over the ethics of the company’s pursuit of AI and military contracts.