Microsoft Updates Copilot AI Image Generation Policy With Human Reviewers
Contractors say they are being asked to judge sexual and illegal image prompts as Microsoft uses human review to measure Copilot output quality.
- On Monday, 404 Media reported that human contractors hired to improve Microsoft Copilot are reviewing user prompts and uploaded photos, seeing uncensored images including sexually explicit material.
- According to documents obtained by 404 Media, Microsoft instructed contractors to rely on their intuition when evaluating if the AI followed prompts rather than flagging offensive content.
- Contractors describe being inundated with disturbing requests, including upskirt photos and pro-anorexia content. One contractor said they "recoiled" after reviewing such material on internal message boards.
- A Microsoft spokesperson told 404 Media the company uses customer data to improve products and enforce its code of conduct. Contractors, often based in the Global South, are not paid to moderate exploitative content.
- This practice is widespread; 404 Media recently reported that OpenAI also employs hundreds of contractors to read ChatGPT conversations. Jacob Andreou, Microsoft's executive vice president for Copilot, told Business Insider the company focuses on AI "diffusion" risks.
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Microsoft Updates Copilot AI Image Generation Policy With Human Reviewers
Microsoft has updated its policies for Copilot, the company’s AI image generation tool, to require human reviewers to examine certain user prompts and the photos they produce before the system releases them to users. The change, which took effect quietly in recent weeks, marks a significant shift in how the company handles potentially sensitive or controversial content generated through its artificial intelligence systems. According to a report …
Human contractors review Microsoft Copilot users' photos and prompts
Human contractors hired to improve Microsoft’s Copilot see the photos users upload for AI editing, with faces uncensored, Joseph Cox reported for 404 Media on Monday. They also see the prompts users type, and many of those requests are sexual, according to internal documents the outlet obtained. “Faces are always uncensored, and many of the […] This story continues at The Next Web
Microsoft contracts humans to review Copilot’s creepiest images
As we’ve seen time and again, AI is not replacing labor so much as displacing it. If OpenAI announces some great big innovation to their hyper-advanced, globally catastrophic auto-correct, you can bet some poor contractor in the Global South has a big hand in its creation and is being paid peanuts for doing so. Which is a drawn-out way to say that, yes, Copilot users, humans are reviewing your creepiest image generations and are likely being tra…
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