Nirvana bassist Chris Nososelic led a failed shareholder proposal asking Microsoft to study AI security.
Chris Nososlich, co-founder and bass guitarist for seminal rock band Nirvana, has urged Microsoft to reevaluate its approach to generative artificial intelligence (AI).
Called Shareholder Proposal 13: The proposal in the press release about AI misinformation and disinformation reporting was submitted by Arjuna Capital “on behalf of Christo Novoslik” and several other stakeholder groups.
“Nirvana's Novoselic, co-founder and band member, offers his opinion, citing concerns that Microsoft has not fully considered the business and societal risks of generative AI as it rapidly deploys the technology.”
The dangers of the proposed artificial intelligence
The proposal cites several key stakeholder concerns, including the potential for models developed or supported by Microsoft to engage in mass disinformation and disinformation.
It also raises questions about whether Section 230 of the Act, which prohibits Internet hosts and website users from liability for third-party content, applies to content generated by the host's own artificial intelligence systems.
“What happens when the public relies on data generated through Microsoft's AI-powered Bing, a platform that gives ten percent inaccurate answers,” Nososelich said in a presentation. he asked. In addition, at the beginning of this year, there were calls for a six-month pause in the development of AI, which Microsoft, along with the rest of the industry, did not listen to.
According to Novoselic, Microsoft's rush to market “seemed to prioritize short-term profits over long-term success.”
Microsoft's response
Microsoft's board responded to the proposal by saying it had “already met the proposal's requirements with existing and future reports.” However, according to Arjun Capital, the purpose of the proposal was to obtain “information beyond the overall responsibility of these reports to the respondent AI”.
Specifically, the shareholders behind the proposal wanted to prompt Microsoft to take a deeper look at the risks with generative AI in the long term.
Microsoft's board cited current programs and recommended that shareholders reject the report as sufficient. The proposal failed to pass a subsequent shareholder vote.
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