Jones, who has been with Microsoft for six years, is part of a group of employees and outsiders who test the company's AI technology in their free time. After his concerns were acknowledged but not acted upon by Microsoft, Jones was referred to OpenAI. When he received no response, he posted an open letter on LinkedIn, calling for the removal and investigation of DALL-E 3, the latest version of the AI model.
Key takeaways:
- Shane Jones, an AI engineer at Microsoft, has been testing the company's AI image generator, Copilot Designer, and has found it to be generating inappropriate and disturbing images.
- The AI service has produced images depicting violent and sexualized scenes, underage drinking and drug use, and controversial political topics, which are against Microsoft's responsible AI principles.
- Jones has been reporting his findings internally since December, but Microsoft has been unwilling to take the product off the market and instead referred him to OpenAI.
- After not hearing back from OpenAI, Jones posted an open letter on LinkedIn asking the startup's board to take down DALL-E 3, the latest version of the AI model, for an investigation.