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AI Rights Enter Anthropic’s Terms Of Service As Microsoft Pushes Back

Anthropic added AI rights provisions to its usage policy, while Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman called model welfare a safety risk and 12 states are drafting bans on the concept, according to a Forbes Innovation report by contributor Sandy Carter. The moves put the question of AI model welfare into Anthropic's terms of service at the same time Microsoft pushes back on the idea.

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AI Rights Enter Anthropic’s Terms Of Service As Microsoft Pushes Back
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By Sandy Carter, ContributorSource:

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Anthropic’s usage policy, Microsoft’s Suleyman calls model welfare a safety risk, and 12 states are writing bans. Five moves for senior leaders. Get AI news in your inbox

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