Microsoft said it will compensate customers who use the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) products for damages if they are sued for copyright infringement of products created with AI tools.
Microsoft will be responsible for potential legal risks arising from any claims brought by third parties as long as the company’s customers use built-in “guardrails and content filters”. in its products, the company said.
With the rise of generative AI – computer programs capable of generating text, images, sounds, and other types of data – users have raised concerns about the technology’s ability to generate content without consulting the original author of that content, according to Reuters.
Microsoft is accelerating its growth in generative AI, building on its investment in OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. Microsoft has integrated this technology into a variety of its products, including cloud services, search engines, and application software.
coverage of Microsoft’s copyright pledge expands Microsoft’s existing intellectual property to copyright claims related to the use of virtual assistants Copilots and Bing Chat Enterprise.