Microsoft engineer sounds alarm on AI image-generator to US officials and company's board

A Microsoft engineer is sounding an alarm about offensive and harmful imagery he says is too easily made by the company’s artificial intelligence image-generator tool. He sent letters Wednesday to U.S. regulators and Microsoft’s board of directors urging them to take action. Shane Jones told The Associated Press that he considers himself a whistleblower and that he also met last month with U.S. Senate staffers to share details of his concerns about Microsoft’s Copilot Designer, a tool that can generate novel images from written prompts. The Federal Trade Commission confirmed that it received his letter but declined further comment. Microsoft didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.