Posted 3/7/2024, 2:36:52 AM
Copilot AI Generates Concerning Content, Engineer Warns
- Microsoft engineer sent letters to the FTC and Microsoft's board warning that Copilot AI generates disturbing violent, sexualized, and harmful imagery
- Engineer realized Copilot's guardrails failed to limit generation of dangerous content like underage behavior and conspiracy theories
- Engineer tried raising concerns internally at Microsoft since December, but Microsoft failed to investigate or take action
- Engineer warns Microsoft to take Copilot offline until better safeguards implemented and calls "E for Everyone" rating misleading
- Engineer says concerning there's no way to report global spread of Copilot's harmful images and no way to quickly get it addressed