Microsoft is under threat Iki A fine of 1% of annual income if by May 27 will not respond to the European Union’s request for information.
The issue arose from a request made under the EU Digital Services Act for search engines Bing and related artificial intelligence (DI) services with generating functions.
May 17 European Commission stated that it wanted Microsoft to “provide information under the Digital Services Act about the risks of using generative artificial intelligence in Bing”.
Bing may present threats related to generative artificial intelligence, such as so-called ‘hallucinations’, dips and automated service manipulation, which may mislead voters.”
In a related blog post on the European Commission’s official website, titled “Daily News”, the Commission explained that the original request was sent on May 14. “regarding the specific risks associated with Bing’s generative artificial intelligence features, particularly Bing Copilot and Designer Image Builder.”
The blog post also explained that Microsoft “now has until May 27 to provide the Commission with the requested information”.
This warning is accompanied by a notice that the Commission “may impose fines of up to 1% of the supplier’s total annual revenue” as well as “periodic fines of up to 5% of the supplier’s average daily revenue” if the EU request is not complied with in time.
Although 1 percent The revenue penalty doesn’t seem like a devastating blow, in Microsoft’s case it could be more than $2 billion. dollars. According to the company, its income 2023 m. amounted to 211 billion dollars, and if current market trends continue, Microsoft may exceed that figure 2024 m. Considering these figures, fines in this case, it would amount to about 2,1 billion dollars.
