EU warns Microsoft to offer Bing AI danger information or face fines

The EU on Friday advised Microsoft at hand over inside paperwork or face fines because it examines generative AI dangers on the corporate’s search engine Bing forward of elections.

The EU has recognized generative synthetic intelligence as one of many predominant threats to elections being held throughout the 27-country bloc June 6-9.

Brussels in March pressed Bing, alongside a number of huge digital platforms together with Google Search, TikTok and YouTube, about motion they’ve taken to mitigate AI dangers.

However Microsoft didn’t reply to a request for extra particulars about “particular dangers stemming from Bing’s generative AI options, notably ‘Copilot in Bing’ and ‘Picture Creator by Designer’,” the European Fee mentioned.

The US tech behemoth now has till Might 27 to offer “inside paperwork and information”.

If Microsoft fails to take action, the EU might impose fines of as much as one p.c of the corporate’s complete annual revenue, or of its world turnover, and periodic penalties as much as 5 p.c of its common day by day revenue or day by day worldwide turnover.

Since final 12 months, the world’s largest tech corporations should adjust to the European Union’s milestone content-moderation regulation generally known as the Digital Providers Act .

The fee mentioned it suspects “Bing could have breached the DSA for dangers linked to generative AI,” pointing to “so-called ‘hallucinations'” the place AI offers false data and the “viral dissemination of deepfakes”.

It is usually fearful about “automated manipulation of providers that may mislead voters”.

Microsoft mentioned it was dedicated to addressing the fee’s calls for.

“We’ve been totally cooperating with the European Fee as a part of the voluntary request for data and stay dedicated to responding to their questions and sharing extra about our strategy to digital security and compliance with the DSA,” a Microsoft spokesperson mentioned.

The spokesperson mentioned Microsoft took “steps to measure and mitigate potential dangers” throughout its platforms.

Brussels already has its eye on Microsoft and its rising affect on the earth of AI.

Microsoft has poured billions into OpenAI, a significant participant in AI, particularly because the ChatGPT chatbot burst onto the scene in late 2022.

The fee, the EU’s highly effective competitors regulator, is inspecting Microsoft’s relationship with OpenAI to see if it’s a disguised merger.

It is usually inspecting a 15-million-euro partnership Microsoft struck with French startup Mistral AI introduced in February.

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