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Incident 654: Microsoft Copilot Designer Reportedly Generated Inappropriate AI Images

Description: A Microsoft engineer reported that Copilot Designer, an AI image generator, creates content depicting sex, violence, bias, and more. Despite raising concerns and suggesting improvements, the tool remains public, prompting a letter to the FTC.

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Alleged: Microsoft developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed General public and minors.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
654
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2024-03-06
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GMF, MIT

MIT Taxonomy Classifications

Machine-Classified
Taxonomy Details

Risk Subdomain

A further 23 subdomains create an accessible and understandable classification of hazards and harms associated with AI
 

1.2. Exposure to toxic content

Risk Domain

The Domain Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies risks into seven AI risk domains: (1) Discrimination & toxicity, (2) Privacy & security, (3) Misinformation, (4) Malicious actors & misuse, (5) Human-computer interaction, (6) Socioeconomic & environmental harms, and (7) AI system safety, failures & limitations.
 
  1. Discrimination and Toxicity

Entity

Which, if any, entity is presented as the main cause of the risk
 

AI

Timing

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Post-deployment

Intent

Whether the risk is presented as occurring as an expected or unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal
 

Unintentional

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Microsoft engineer sounds alarm on company's AI image generator in letter to FTC
Microsoft engineer sounds alarm on company's AI image generator in letter to FTC

Microsoft engineer sounds alarm on company's AI image generator in letter to FTC

businessinsider.com

Microsoft engineer sounds alarm on company's AI image generator in letter to FTC
businessinsider.com · 2024

A Microsoft employee is asking the US government to look into the safety of one of his employer's generative AI tools after learning it has the capacity to produce seemingly inappropriate images.

On Wednesday, Shane Jones, a principal softw…

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