The defendants used stolen API keys to gain access to devices and accounts with Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI service, which they then used to generate “thousands” of images that violated content restrictions.

With AI photo editing getting easy and convincing, the world isn’t prepared for an era where photographs aren’t to be trusted.

Never-before-published screenshots of an internal FBI tool show how the agency monitored millions of messages from the secretly backdoored messaging app Anom.

• Shane Jones, who’s worked at Microsoft for six years, has been testing the company’s AI image generator in his free time and told CNBC he is disturbed by his findings.
• He’s warned Microsoft of the sexual and violent content that the product, Copilot Designer, is creating, but said the company isn’t taking appropriate action.
• On Wednesday, Jones escalated the matter, sending letters to FTC Chair Lina Khan and to Microsoft’s board, which were viewed by CNBC.