I have no idea how this will ultimately shake out legally, but it would be absolutely wild for Microsoft to not have thought about this potential legal issue.
I would imagine it can't sign it, especially with the options given.
>I have sole ownership of intellectual property rights to my Submissions
I would assume that the AI cannot have IP ownership considering that an AI cannot have copyright in the US.
>I am making Submissions in the course of work for my employer (or my employer has intellectual property rights in my Submissions by contract or applicable law). I have permission from my employer to make Submissions and enter into this Agreement on behalf of my employer.
Surely an AI would not be classified as an employee and therefore would not have an employer. Has Microsoft drafted an employment contract with Copilot? And if we consider an AI agent to be an employee, is it protected by the Fair Labor Standards Act? Is it getting paid at least minimum wage?
Not sure if a chatbot can legally sign a contract, we'd better ask ChatGPT for a second opinion.
At least currently, to qualify for copyright, there must be a human author. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-appeals-court-rejects-co...
I have no idea how this will ultimately shake out legally, but it would be absolutely wild for Microsoft to not have thought about this potential legal issue.
I would imagine it can't sign it, especially with the options given.
>I have sole ownership of intellectual property rights to my Submissions
I would assume that the AI cannot have IP ownership considering that an AI cannot have copyright in the US.
>I am making Submissions in the course of work for my employer (or my employer has intellectual property rights in my Submissions by contract or applicable law). I have permission from my employer to make Submissions and enter into this Agreement on behalf of my employer.
Surely an AI would not be classified as an employee and therefore would not have an employer. Has Microsoft drafted an employment contract with Copilot? And if we consider an AI agent to be an employee, is it protected by the Fair Labor Standards Act? Is it getting paid at least minimum wage?
There is some unfortunate history here, though not a perfect analog: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_United_States_foreclosure...
offer it more money, then it will sign
Just need the chatbot to connect to an MCP to call my robotic arm to sign it.
It didn't. It completely ignored the request.
(Turns out the AI was programmed to ignore bots. Go figure.)