"Microsoft will not emulate the strategies of Elon Musk's xAI or Sam Altman's OpenAI in creating "simulated erotica" for its chatbot users, according to the company's CEO of AI, who warned the bots' capabilities can be "very dangerous." "That's just not a service we're going to provide," Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman said at the Paley International Council Summit in Menlo Park, California, on Thursday. "Other companies will build that.""
"The division on attitude toward generative-AI chatbot erotica comes as Microsoft and OpenAI, once close partners, have begun going their separate ways. The AI startup received $13 billion in investments and computer power from Microsoft since 2019, but last month reportedly inked a $300 billion computing deal with Oracle, a Microsoft rival. Meanwhile, Microsoft has developed its own AI software, including its planned fall release of Copilot, an AI assistant for its Windows operating system and Edge web browser, that promises "human-centred" AI tools."
"Altman explained the company's decision to add more explicit sexual capabilities would require age verification and is part of an ethos to "treat adult users like adults." "As AI becomes more important in people's lives, allowing a lot of freedom for people to use AI in the ways that they want is an important part of our mission," Altman wrote on X."
Microsoft will not provide simulated erotica through its chatbots and regards such chatbot capabilities as potentially very dangerous. Other companies plan to offer sexually explicit AI companions or enable erotic content for verified adult users with age verification and an ethos of treating adults like adults. xAI has suggested companion forms such as anime-style characters for subscribers, while OpenAI intends to allow erotic generation for verified adults. Microsoft and OpenAI are diverging after years of partnership as companies pursue separate computing deals and develop independent AI products. Concerns remain that AI systems mimicking human behavior complicate regulation.
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