Microsoft states its new principle to foster AI Competition
In the race for technological supremacy, Microsoft, one of the most known companies in the tech sector, has revealed an AI ethics code to establish competition and innovation. The step was taken against the backdrop of the competition and antitrust regulators which had different perspectives regarding Microsoft's dominance, dominantly, in the AI sector.
AI delivery and accessibility implications
The company introduced the two policies called the AI Access Principles. Their main purpose is to promote fair competition and to allow access to AI technology for the overall benefit of companies and individuals all over the world. These principles include:
1. Access and Support for AI Developers: Microsoft promises to offer resources, guidance, and support for AI developers, who facilitated this way, can envision and develop AI applications that meet public demands. This means that Microsoft aims to reach the technology of AI, including the models and the development tools, to software application developers from all parts of the world.
2. Public APIs for AI Models on Microsoft Azure: Also part of the AI Access Principles is a feature that allows users to perform queries and therefore unlock the advanced AI models on Microsoft Azure, the company's cloud computing platform.
3. Protection of Developer Data: In the next critical phase, which is to encourage transparency and trust Microsoft makes a pledge that it won't use non-public data or information that has been pooled up from building and facilitating developers' AI models while competing with those models in Microsoft Azure.
Conclusively, the announcement of AI Access Principles by Microsoft reflects the organization’s inclination towards establishing an environment that fosters innovation, competition, and moral use of AI. Microsoft hopes to address concerns about market domination while promoting beneficial developments in the AI sector by giving developers access, assistance, and protection. These values are a reflection of Microsoft's continuous efforts to respect moral norms and guarantee that artificial intelligence advances society as a whole.