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WSJ Tech News Briefing

TNB Tech Minute: Microsoft Engineer Warns AI Tool Generates Violent and Sexual Images

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus: U.S. charges Chinese national with stealing AI secrets from Google. And Epic Games says Apple terminated its developer account in their latest clash over tech competition. Danny Lewis hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Here's your T&B Tech Minute for Wednesday, March 6th.

0:32.3

I'm Danny Lewis for the Wall Street Journal. Tech Minute

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for the Wall Street Journal.

0:35.0

A Microsoft engineer says the Tech Giant's flagship

0:38.0

Artificial Intelligence Image Tool can generate sexual and violent images.

0:42.0

In letters to Microsoft and the Federal Trade Commission posted on

0:45.3

his LinkedIn profile, AI Engineer Shane Jones warned that the co-pilot designer tool has security

0:51.3

vulnerabilities and flaws that allow users to create harmful images.

0:56.2

He also said he urged Microsoft to remove the tool from public access for the time being.

1:01.3

Jones declined to comment further. Microsoft said it is committed to

1:05.1

addressing employees concerns. The US Justice Department has accused a

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