2023-09-07 18:29:50
Microsoft has announced that it wants to protect its customers who use its artificial intelligence tools against the risk of legal proceedings related to copyright infringement.
The creation of works made using artificial intelligence (AI) raises many legal issues. In particular copyright since these tools use content protected by this concept to train their language model.
In this context, Microsoft said it was ready, this Thursday, September 7, to assume legal responsibility for any violation of copyright on the content generated by the AI software that it markets to companies.
A measurement reported by the Financial Times which aims to reassure paying users as concerns grow over potential disputes with content owners.
Many lawsuits
In detail, the American tech giant has agreed to bear the legal costs of its commercial customers who would be prosecuted for having used its AI tools or the results obtained through them.
Microsoft will protect paying customers of Copilot GitHub, a generative artificial intelligence capable of producing lines of code, as well as its customers who use Copilot Microsoft 365, which applies artificial intelligence to services and applications such as Word, Teams and Power point.
Interviewed by the Financial Times, Ilanah Fhima, professor of intellectual property law at University College London, believes that “this decision opens the market” and “makes the acquisition of these tools more desirable because it removes a barrier for companies that now have this legal protection insurance.
Last June, Adobe made a similar commitment to compensate users of its AI tool Firefly. The battle over generative AI and copyrights has already resulted in lawsuits from image providers against AI companies. This is particularly the case of Getty Images.
Artists, media or even publishers have denounced the fact that their content, protected by copyright, has been used to form language models without their consent or any compensation.
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