In aninterview with CNBCWednesday, Jones shares howthe AI tool produces disturbing, strangeimages through basic prompts.

He says Microsoft has largely ignored him, so hes going public and asking government regulators to intervene.

This is really not a safe model, Jones told CNBC.

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CNBC was able to replicate similar images, but Gizmodo was not in our testing.

However, Designer seems to demean women and pro-choice advocates with no special prompting whatsoever.

Microsoft says its investigating the incident.

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Copilot made headlines last week forcalling itself the Joker and telling a user to end his life.

Copilot is a particularly popular AI tool for businesses, as it is offered alongside Microsoft 365.

Thats why issues like the ones Jones found persist.

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Google Gemini was forced topause its AI image generator last monthbecause of problems with its safeguards.

It was an embarrassing moment for Google, and time will tell if the companys AI offerings can recover.

AI tools broadly face a tough cultural battle, as many face intense backlash over their safeguards and censorship.

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Two banks say Amazon has paused negotiations on some international data centers.

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