Microsoft (stock code: MSFT) has faced an internal revelation that an artificial intelligence engineer claims that the company's artificial intelligence image tools may generate images that are violent and pornographic or potentially dangerous to society.。

According to Shane Jones, a senior software engineering manager, he expressed doubts about Microsoft's "responsible artificial intelligence" strategy in letters to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Microsoft's board of directors.。

He said the Copilot Designer tool could be used to generate unsafe images containing pornography, conspiracy theories and drug use, not limited to political bias, underage drinking and drug use, misuse of company trademarks and copyrights, conspiracy theories and religion.。He therefore called on Microsoft to take action to temporarily remove the tool from the shelves and bring it back online while ensuring security.。

Jones also said that Microsoft's Environmental, Social and Public Policy Committee should conduct an independent investigation to ensure that Microsoft adheres to the highest standards in the industry in the field of artificial intelligence, and work with governments and civil society to strengthen public awareness of the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence Education。

In response to the revelation, Microsoft immediately responded that they would handle employee queries in accordance with company policy and thanked Jones for his research and testing of the company's latest technology to further improve its safety.。

It is worth noting that the Microsoft Copilot Designer tool uses the same technology as OpenAI's ChatGPT, combined with OpenAI's DALL-E 3 text generation image tool, allowing users to generate images based on input text descriptions。Microsoft hopes to become one of the most popular products in decades with Copilot for Microsoft 365, an artificial intelligence upgrade tool that can be imported into Word, Outlook and Teams software.。

In addition, the revelation also attracted attention to the artificial intelligence products of rival Google (stock code: GOOG).。It comes after Google suspended the ability to generate images of people after being criticised for its flagship chatbot Gemini's handling of race and ethnicity issues.。

To sum up, this internal revelation facing Microsoft has raised public concerns about the safety of artificial intelligence, and the company will need to take further measures to ensure the safety and reliability of its artificial intelligence tools to deal with potential risks and challenges。