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Microsoft has revised their usage terms for Azure OpenAI Service to ban U.S. police departments from utilizing their generative AI technologies, which includes language models like GPT-4. The decision comes amidst concerns over potential biases and inaccuracies, and follows the announcement of Axon's new product leveraging AI to summarize police bodycam audio. While global law enforcement agencies are now prohibited from real-time facial recognition via Azure OpenAI Service, questions remain about the specifics of these restrictions and existing law enforcement contracts.

  • Microsoft bans U.S. police from Azure OpenAI Service.
  • Policy update added new explicit prohibitions.
  • Axon's new product may have influenced the change.
  • Critics emphasize AI risks such as biases.
  • Microsoft continues AI use in defense contracts.