
What you need to know
- An article by The Guardian covering the unfortunate passing of a young woman was featured in Microsoft Start, and alongside it was an AI-generated poll asking readers to vote on how she died.
- Readers were outraged with the intensive poll shifting blame to the outlet and author.
- The Guardian fears that the poll will negatively impact its reputation.
- The chief executive has since reached out to Microsoft's President seeking clarification, stressing the importance of a strong copyright framework that gives publishers control over their content.
- Microsoft issued a statement indicating that it is investigating the matter and putting elaborate measures in place to prevent such an occurrence.