“you will not use the AI services...To make decisions or take actions without appropriate human oversight that may have a consequential impact on any person's legal position, financial position, life opportunities, employment opportunities, or human rights...”
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This prohibition places a clear obligation on users to maintain appropriate human oversight whenever AI outputs could consequentially affect any person's legal, financial, life, employment, or human rights outcomes.
The reader is prohibited from relying on the AI services as a sole decision-maker in any context that could have consequential impacts on the named categories of human welfare.
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"you will not use the AI services...To make decisions or take actions without appropriate human oversight that may have a consequential impact on any person's legal position, financial position, life opportunities, employment opportunities, or human rights...Excerpt from Microsoft Copilot's Terms of Service
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This prohibition places a clear obligation on users to maintain appropriate human oversight whenever AI outputs could consequentially affect any person's legal, financial, life, employment, or human rights outcomes.
The reader is prohibited from relying on the AI services as a sole decision-maker in any context that could have consequential impacts on the named categories of human welfare.
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