Microsoft to assume AI copyright liability for Copilot users

Microsoft announced Thursday that it will assume responsibility for potential legal risks posed to its customers by copyright infringement claims arising from the use of its artificial intelligence (AI) products.

The company said it will extend its existing intellectual property (IP) indemnification coverage to copyright claims related to the use of its AI-powered Copilots – which are trained on existing data and generate an output in response to users’ prompts. Microsoft noted that some customers “are concerned about the risk of IP infringement claims if they use the output produced by generative