Microsoft's New AI Project: Credit Where It's Due
- Sarah Ruivivar
- Mar 31
- 1 min read

Microsoft is on a mission to give credit where credit's due in the world of AI.
They're diving into a research project aimed at tracing the influence of specific training examples on AI-generated content. Imagine knowing how your photo or book helped shape an AI's output!
This initiative, highlighted in a job listing, seeks to estimate the impact of particular data on AI models, with the goal of recognising and possibly rewarding contributors. The project, dubbed "training-time provenance," involves Jaron Lanier, a tech whiz at Microsoft Research, who champions the idea of "data dignity." He envisions a world where creators of influential content are acknowledged and maybe even compensated.
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With AI companies facing IP lawsuits over data use, this move by Microsoft could be a game-changer. It might just pave the way for fairer practices in AI development. While some sceptics see this as a potential "ethics wash," the effort to trace training data is a step towards transparency.
Could Microsoft lead the charge in reshaping AI ethics? Only time will tell, but it's a development worth watching!
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