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Date : Wed Sep 25 2024 16:15:05

Microsoft's new AI tool wants to find and fix AI-generated text that's 
factually wrong

Date:
Wed, 25 Sep 2024 15:04:01 +0000

Description:
Microsoft's new Correction tool will flag any potential factual errors caused 
by AI.

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Microsoft has unveiled a new tool which looks to stop AI models from 
generating content that is not factually correct - more commonly known as 
hallucinations. 

The new Correction feature builds on Microsoft's existing groundedness 
detection, which essentially cross-references AI text to a supporting 
document input by the user. The tool will be available as part of Microsofts 
Azure AI Safety API and can be used with any text generating AI model, like 
OpenAIs GPT-4o and Metas Llama. 

The service will flag anything that might be an error, then fact check this 
by comparing the text to a source of truth via a grounding document (i.e. 
uploaded transcripts). This means users can tell AI what to view as fact in 
the form of grounding documents. A stop gap measure 

 Experts warn that whilst the existing state of play may be useful, it doesnt 
address the cause of hallucinations. AI doesn't actually know anything, it 
only predicts what comes next based on the examples it is trained on. 

"Empowering our customers to both understand and take action on ungrounded 
content and hallucinations is crucial, especially as the demand for 
reliability and accuracy in AI-generated content continues to rise," 
Microsoft noted in its blog post . 

"Building on our existing Groundedness Detection feature, this groundbreaking 
capability allows Azure AI Content Safety to both identify and correct 
hallucinations in real-time before users of generative AI applications 
encounter them." 

The launch, available in preview now, comes as part of wider Microsoft 
efforts to make AI more trustworthy. Generative AI has struggled so far to 
gain the trust of the public , with deepfakes and misinformation damaging its 
image, so updated efforts to make the service more secure will be welcomed. 

Also part of the updates is Evaluations, a proactive risk assessment tool, as 
well as confidential inference. This will ensure that sensitive information 
remains secure and private during the inference process - which is when the 
model makes decisions and predictions based on new data. 

Microsoft and other tech giants have invested heavily in AI technologies and 
infrastructure and are set to continue to do so, with a new $30 billion 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/microsoft-s-new-ai-tool-tries-to-find-and-revise
-ai-generated-text-that-s-factually-wrong


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