Microsoft announces ‘AI access principles’ to offset OpenAI competition concerns

  • Microsoft has announced “AI Access Principles”, an eleven-point plan to govern its AI datacenter infrastructure and other AI assets globally.
  • The principles cover areas like the operation of an app store for businesses to choose different LLMs and AI products, and a commitment to keep proprietary data out of its training models.
  • It also includes a commitment to let customers change cloud providers or services within the cloud, if they choose to.
  • The principles aim to build cybersecurity around AI services, attention to environmentally-sound infrastructure, and education investments.
  • The announcement comes amid regulatory scrutiny for Microsoft’s $13 billion investment in OpenAI, which gives it a 49% stake in the startup.
  • The principles take aim at how third parties might use Microsoft’s platforms and services to develop AI products.
  • Microsoft has committed to not accessing and using data to compete with companies relying on its infrastructure.

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