Transparency: We believe AI systems should be understandable, and that people should know when they are interacting with AI, the data used to train AI systems, and how AI arrives at its decisions.
The right to know you are interacting with AI — and to understand how it makes decisions affecting you — is increasingly recognized as a fundamental requirement by regulators globally, and this commitment sets expectations for all Microsoft AI products.
Microsoft's Responsible AI framework sets out the ethical principles — fairness, reliability, privacy, security, inclusiveness, transparency, and accountability — that govern how AI is built and deployed across all Microsoft products used by consumers. While these commitments signal meaningful intent, they are voluntary and do not create legally enforceable rights for individual users, meaning consumers harmed by AI decisions have limited direct recourse under this document alone. You can submit feedback or concerns about Microsoft AI systems through the dedicated responsible AI resources linked at microsoft.com/en-us/ai/responsible-ai.