Microsoft is I reconfirmed US police have banned the use of generative AI for facial recognition through Azure OpenAI Service, the company’s fully managed enterprise OpenAI technology wrapper.
Language added Wednesday to the Azure OpenAI Service terms of service allows for facial recognition “by or on behalf of” U.S. police departments, including OpenAI’s current and likely future integration with image analytics. It more specifically prohibits integration from being used. model.
Another new bullet point targets “any law enforcement agency worldwide” and uses mobile cameras, such as body cameras and dash cams, to “attempt to identify individuals in uncontrolled, indoor settings” and “real-time The use of facial recognition technology is explicitly prohibited. -Wild” environment.
The policy change comes a week after Axon, a maker of technology and weapons products for the military and law enforcement, announced it. new product Leverage OpenAI’s GPT-4 generative text model to summarize audio from body cameras. Critics point to hallucinations (even today’s best generative AI models make up facts) and racial bias introduced from the training data (given that people of color are racist). He was quick to point out potential pitfalls, such as (particularly worrying). more likely to be stopped by the police (from my white peers).
It is unclear whether Axon was using GPT-4 via Azure OpenAI Service. If so, it is unclear whether the updated policy was in response to his Axon product launch. OpenAI had was previously restricted Using models for facial recognition via API. We reached out to Axon, Microsoft, and OpenAI. I’ll update this post if I hear back.
The new terms leave Microsoft with some flexibility.
The complete ban on the use of Azure OpenAI services applies only to the United States., It’s not international, police. Also, this does not cover facial recognition. Steady state camera controlled A back-office-like environment (although regulations prohibit the use of facial recognition by US police).
This is consistent with Microsoft and close partner OpenAI’s recent approach to AI-related law enforcement and defense contracts.
Bloomberg reported in January revealed OpenAI is said to be working with the Department of Defense on a number of projects, including cybersecurity capabilities, but this is in contrast to the company’s previous ban on providing its AI to the military. . Elsewhere, Microsoft is touting the use of its OpenAI image generation tool, DALL-E, to help the Department of Defense (DoD) build software to conduct military operations. Hit Intercept.
Azure OpenAI Service was made available in Microsoft’s Azure Government product in February, adding compliance and management capabilities for government agencies, including law enforcement.in blog postCandice Ling, SVP of Microsoft Federation, Microsoft’s government specialist arm, promised that Azure OpenAI Service will “apply for additional authorization” from the Department of Defense for workloads that support the Pentagon’s missions.
update: After publication, Microsoft said that the initial changes to its terms of service contained errors, and that, in fact, the ban only applies to facial recognition in the US, but it completely bans police departments from using the service. It’s not something you do.