Hey there! So, I read this really interesting article about Microsoft and how they’re making some rules about their AI technology being used by the police in the U.S. Basically, Microsoft is saying that U.S. police can’t use a special kind of AI called generative AI for recognizing faces.
This AI stuff is called Azure OpenAI Service, and it’s like a package deal that Microsoft offers to businesses and big organizations. They’re saying that this AI can’t be used by police in America to recognize faces.
They made these rules clearer recently, saying that this AI can’t be used by police in America, and also, it can’t be used anywhere in the world for real-time face recognition on things like body cameras or dashcams.
The reason they’re doing this is because some people worry that using AI like this might cause problems. For example, sometimes AI can make mistakes, like thinking it sees something that’s not really there. Plus, there’s a concern that the AI might be biased against certain groups of people, like people of color.
There’s this company called Axon, which makes things like body cameras for police officers. They recently came out with a product that uses a different kind of AI to summarize what’s being said in the audio recorded by those body cameras. Some folks raised concerns about it because sometimes AI can make up things that aren’t true, and there could be biases in the data it’s trained on.
Now, Microsoft didn’t say they’re banning all police from using their AI. They’re just saying U.S. police can’t use it for recognizing faces. Also, they’re okay if the AI is used with stationary cameras in controlled places, like inside a building. But still, no face recognition for U.S. police.
This all fits with what Microsoft and another company called OpenAI have been doing lately. They’ve been careful about working with governments and the military. Sometimes they do, but sometimes they don’t, depending on what the technology is for.
So, that’s the gist of it. Microsoft is saying no to using their special AI for recognizing faces by U.S. police, and they’re watching out for how their AI gets used in general.
I found this article on TechCrunch, written by Kyle Wiggers. You can check out the full article here.
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