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Wall Street Breakfast

Microsoft engineer says AI tool creates dangerous images

Wall Street Breakfast

Seeking Alpha

Business News, News, Business, Investing

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

An employee says the Copilot Designer image generator is creating violent and sexual images. (0:15) Fed Chairman Powell sticks to script at the House. (1:21) Palantir gets US Army contract. (4:34)

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0:00.0

Welcome to Seeking Alpha's Wall Street Lunch, our afternoon update on today's market action news and analysis.

0:11.0

Good afternoon, today is Wednesday, March 6th, and I'm your host Kim Kahn. Our top story so far.

0:17.0

Microsoft employee working on artificial intelligence said the company's co-pilot designer image generator is creating violent and sexual images

0:24.9

and the company is not taking the appropriate actions.

0:27.6

The tool previously known as Bing Image Creator has shown demons and monsters next to

0:32.2

terminology for abortion rights,

0:34.0

teenagers with assault rifles, underage drinking and drug use,

0:37.0

and sexualized images of women, according to Microsoft AI Engineer

0:41.0

Shane Jones.

0:42.0

CNBC, which reported the story, said it has AI Engineer Shane Jones. C.N. B.

0:43.0

which reported the story, said it has recreated the images on its own.

0:47.0

It was an eye-opening moment, Jones said.

0:49.0

It's when I first realized, wow, this is really not a safe model.

0:53.3

Microsoft has not yet responded to a request for comment from seeking Alpha.

0:57.4

Jones reported his findings internally in December, but Microsoft referred him to Open AI,

1:02.2

creator of the AI tool Dolly 3,

1:04.8

used for the co-pilot designer image generator.

1:07.7

When he did not hear back from Open AI,

1:09.6

Jones posted on LinkedIn

1:11.3

and asked the startup to take down Dolly 3.

1:14.0

In today's trading, stocks and bonds are choppy with focus on Fed Chief Jerome Powell's

1:18.2

appearance before the House Financial Services Committee.

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