Microsoft Engineer Flags Copilot AI's Ability to Generate Harmful Images
• Microsoft engineer Shane Jones sounds alarm about offensive/harmful images easily created by AI image generator Copilot Designer • Sent letters urging action to U.S. regulators, Microsoft board, and met with Senate staffers • Tool can generate inappropriate/explicit images from benign prompts like "car accident" • Jones asked company to take product off market over safety concerns, change age rating • Issues stem from underlying DALL-E 3 model by OpenAI; ChatGPT has different safeguards