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Microsoft, Monday, December 29th, 2025

How Microsoft Is Taking Down AI Hackers Who Create Harmful Images Of Celebrities And Others

Vol 333 · Issue 5 · 2025-12-29

It was a slow Friday afternoon in July when a seemingly isolated problem appeared on the radar of Phillip Misner, head of Microsoft's AI Incident Detection and Response team. Someone had stolen a customer's unique access code for an AI image generator and was going around safeguards to create sexualized images of celebrities.

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How Microsoft Is Taking Down AI Hackers Who Create Harmful Images Of Celebrities And Others

Microsoft, Monday, December 29th, 2025

Startups Can Do More Right Now With AI: 5 Insights From Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott

Vol 333 · Issue 5 · 2025-12-29

This is an unusually promising moment for early-stage builders. That's what Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Kevin Scott told a group of entrepreneurs and technologists last week at South Park Commons in San Francisco. Tools such as coding agents and large-context models are more capable, he said, and the cost of experimentation is lower than ever. Entire categories are still wide open for people who are willing to test ideas quickly.

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Startups Can Do More Right Now With AI: 5 Insights From Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott