The FTC confirmed it received the letter but declined to comment further.
A Microsoft Corp software engineer sent letters to the company’s board, lawmakers and the Federal Trade Commission warning that the tech giant is not doing enough to safeguard its AI image generation tool, Copilot Designer, from creating abusive and violent content.
“While Microsoft is publicly marketing Copilot Designer as a safe AI product for use by everyone, including children of any age, internally the company is well aware of systemic issues where the product is creating harmful images that could be offensive and inappropriate for consumers,” Jones wrote. “Microsoft Copilot Designer does not include the necessary product warnings or disclosures needed for consumers to be aware of these risks.
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