I’m gonna guess they’re totally cool with it.

They’re seriously asking the megacorp if they’re good with a fascist regime? The answer is always ‘yes’.

Fun fact, in the halo story the spartan program was originally made to put down insurrections

They would only be upset if they used a competitor’s AI to do it instead of paying tithe to Microsoft and not licensing its IP. So, they’re probably not cool with it, but not for the reasons you probably wish. Fascism is a great business model. Ask IBM.

They’re not cowardly, they’re complicit.

Now let’s ask Bungie

Of course they are, in return they get loads of favors