Microsoft will defend AI users accused of copyright infringement

Microsoft announced last Thursday (7):Will protect consumers accused of violating copyrights by using Copilot, artificial intelligence (AI) feature. The company promises to “take responsibility” for any legal risks associated with the tool’s responses.

“When customers ask whether they can use Microsoft’s Copilot services and the results they produce without worrying about copyright claims, we give a simple answer: yes, you can, and we will take responsibility for any possible legal threats if challenged on copyright grounds,” explains Microsoft.

Coverage applies to paid Microsoft services. “We charge our commercial customers for our co-pilots, and if their use creates legal issues, we should make that our problem, not our customers’,” the company said.

According to Microsoft, protection includes AI-generated results built into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Bing Chat Enterprise and other paid enterprise tools. Projects created on GitHub Copilot are also covered by the policy.

To claim Microsoft protection, To prevent the creation of irregular materials, the user must implement content filters and other integrated mechanisms..

Microsoft’s first step

“Today’s announcement is the first step,” MS says. “Like all new technologies, artificial intelligence raises legal questions that our industry will have to resolve with a wide range of stakeholders. This step represents our commitment to our customers that copyright responsibility for our products lies with us, not them,” he added.

At the end of the text, Microsoft emphasizes: He strongly believes in the potential of artificial intelligence but is aware that there are various challenges associated with the technology..