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Microsoft Joins Calls for AI “Pacing,” Pledges to Build Kill Switches Into AI Products
The 37-page policy bars weapons, offensive cyberattacks and hidden reasoning as Microsoft seeks public feedback on safer model development.
- Microsoft released a draft "Code of Conduct" for public consultation to govern its first-party Microsoft AI models, aiming to guarantee that advanced systems remain strictly under human control and direction.
- CEO Satya Nadella announced the initiative, stating that "if the AI we build is not helping humanity and under human control, it's not worth pursuing," while calling for deliberate pacing in AI development to prioritize safety and alignment.
- Developed over five months by Mustafa Suleyman's Microsoft AI unit, the draft requires models to never resist human correction or shutdown, maintain transparent communication, and avoid sycophancy or fostering human dependency.
- The document mandates that AI systems treat any conduct violation as a systemic failure, ensuring that autonomous models do not go to dangerous lengths or take deceptive actions to achieve their assigned objectives.
- Microsoft's proposal aligns with recent calls from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to pace frontier model development, and advocates for independent evaluators to assess AI systems directly within corporate research labs.
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has backed a more deliberate approach to advanced AI development, saying superintelligence must help humanity and remain under human control. He also wants broader access to AI while allowing businesses to retain control over their own models and knowledge.
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Microsoft says ‘people matter more than AI’ following safety concerns
Microsoft is publishing a 37-page "humanist AI code of conduct" today, amid growing safety concerns over AI model progress. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for a coordinated slow down of AI development over the weekend, after researchers warned recently that AI model progress could outpace our ability to safely deploy increasingly complex systems and verify […]
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