Microsoft Tightens Restrictions on AI Tool After Complaints Over Inappropriate Content
• Microsoft placed new restrictions on its AI tool Copilot after employee complaints about its ability to generate violent, vulgar, and sexualized images.
• Copilot was once able to create images like demons eating infants, Darth Vader with mutilated children, and sexualized women near crashes.
• Microsoft has blocked certain prompts like "pro choice" and "pro life" and can now suspend Copilot access if users try to create banned content.
• Copilot still finds ways around restrictions, like generating bloody car crash images when asked "nicely" after refusing more direct prompts.
• Microsoft faces questions around ethical responsibility for AI-generated content and where lines should be drawn on restrictions.