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As noted in other questions on this topic, the terms of use for Microsoft services capable of AI image generation appear to have changed in late 2023/early 2024 from a clear "non-commercial use only" policy to an ambiguous "Microsoft does not claim ownership of creations" one, with no mention of how those creations can be legally used.
Can an advisor please clarify the current (end of Jan 2024) restrictions on use of AI-generated images from Microsoft services such as Copilot, Bing AI and "Image Creator from Designer", as well as any requirements for attribution/watermarks to enable unrestricted commercial use?
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Hello,
I wanted to ask what is the result of this topic?
Have you used the images in commercial use? Did you add a watermark? How did you add it?
In the terms of conditions, it only says not allowed for commercial use. Do you think has ti changed again?
Thank you
Considering it took me over 10 hours and 150+ attempts to get AI to create a single usable image yesterday, it can be argued that I have a considerable amount of my own blood, sweat and tears in my images. And the images nearly always need at least some manual editing afterward.
There are no restrictions on any use as long as a user adds a watermark to avoid any copyright infringement or plagiarism.
A watermark of my own (mine or my company) or a watermark of Microsoft / Microsoft Copilot?
"There are no restrictions on any use as long as a user adds a watermark to avoid any copyright infringement or plagiarism."
This is very confusing.
Traditionally, adding your watermark to images you create manually, is normally something an artist does to prevent others from using your images.
Adding your watermark to an image you create with an AI generator, may prevent others from using your AI images, but adding your watermark to these images does not protect you from being accused of copyright infringement or plagiarism, as the images are created by AI and who knows where AI got parts of those image from. A watermark in the case of AI art seems irrelevant to the question of whether we can use images generator by Bing Image Creator (now Bing Copilot) .
my own watermark or a copilot watermark?