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The provision operationalizes Microsoft's commitment to disclose AI system functionality and reasoning to users and stakeholders, establishing procedural requirements for documentation and communication of AI system behavior and constraints.
Users receive access to information about how Microsoft AI systems function, their documented limitations, and explanations of automated decisions affecting them, based on the transparency and explainability mechanisms the terms authorize Microsoft to implement.
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The provision operationalizes Microsoft's commitment to disclose AI system functionality and reasoning to users and stakeholders, establishing procedural requirements for documentation and communication of AI system behavior and constraints.
Users receive access to information about how Microsoft AI systems function, their documented limitations, and explanations of automated decisions affecting them, based on the transparency and explainability mechanisms the terms authorize Microsoft to implement.
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