Microsoft says ‘people matter more than AI’ following safety concerns
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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FGAVGOFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTwatch nowVIDEO2:1402:14Generative AI will create huge value to enterprises and people, says Broadcom CEO Hock TanMad Money with Jim CramerBroadcom CEO Hock Tan on Monday brushed off concerns about what a potential slowdown in frontier AI model development could mean for the chipmaker's business, telling CNBC that the company stands by its long-term revenue targets. Trump also called himself "the Hoax Buster", likening concerns about the safety of the technology to what he called "the RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA HOAX".
25% off tickets now Back by popular demand: Save up to $300 on Disrupt Close Image Credits:SeongJoon Cho / Bloomberg / Getty Images AI Microsoft’s new AI ‘code of conduct’ tells models not to hack systems or trick humans Russell Brandom 9:27 AM PDT · September 14, 2026 As the AI world shifts its focus to safety and alignment, Microsoft has released a new AI code of conduct meant to guide AI models away from dangerous behavior. Still, the result is a comprehensive guide as to how Microsoft approaches AI safety and how those ideas are implemented in practice.
“We must therefore be completely clear about why we are inventing these systems and how we intend to control them. ” The code of conduct also lays out general principles that Microsoft AI models should uphold — supporting humans rather than replacing them, for instance, and accelerating human flourishing — as well as specific safety constraints meant to implement those principles. Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Lando Norris is now five points third-placed Lewis Hamilton in the drivers' championshipByAndrew BensonF1 Correspondent in MadridPublished13 September 2026Lando Norris says he was "insanely unlucky" to lose what seemed like a certain win in the Spanish Grand Prix because of the timing of a virtual safety car.
“If they were to pull away from us on AI, then nothing else would matter. ”People close to Trump also wonder why Amodei and the rest of the AI leaders do not get on with pacing AI development themselves.
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Ahead of an expected public-market debut later this year, Agility Robotics says it has cracked the code and devised humanoids that can work safely alongside real humans. ByPeter HoskinsBusiness reporterPublished15 September 2026, 04:47 BSTUpdated 3 hours agoUS President Donald Trump has said fears about the safety of artificial intelligence (AI) are a "hoax", as he criticised calls to have more guardrails in place for the fast-moving technology. Those concerns triggered a selloff in tech firms' shares as investors weighed the impact of a potential slowdown in the multi-billion dollar development of AI.
UK Business Secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, said on Tuesday that people should "never be complacent" about the impact AI might have but added: "We've got to be careful not to get hyperbolic about this either. "Figure caption, AI "more powerful by the day", Anthropic co-founder tells BBCA growing number of tech industry and political figures are calling for better safeguards, most recently Microsoft AI which this week discussed limiting the models it is developing in a document on what it called "humanist AI".
Microsoft AI's chief executive Mustafa Suleyman told business news channel CNBC that it had been working on the new guidance for months and had decided to publish it now due to the current debate around the technology. In an indication of how concerns over the technology have been thrust into the spotlight, two high-profile figures on opposite sides of US politics are set to appear at the same event calling for a re-evaluation of AI policy.
The debate over the potential dangers posed by the technology intensified in recent days after a post by Jacob Coxon, a researcher who left Anthropic over concerns AI could wipe out humanity, went viral.
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Related topicsInternational BusinessArtificial intelligenceDonald TrumpUnited StatesMore on this storyAI regulation faces political deadlock as calls grow for Congress to actPublished9 hours agoWhy are there concerns AI could threaten humanity, and how real are they? Skip NavigationMarketsBusinessInvestingTechPolitics & PolicyVideoWatchlistInvesting ClubPROLivestreamMenuKey PointsBroadcom CEO Hock Tan said demand for AI infrastructure remains strong despite growing concerns about increasingly powerful models. The document is more low level than Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s recent call for pacing the frontier, instead focusing on the values and red lines that guide model training within Microsoft AI.
Under Microsoft’s system, each model has an overarching code of conduct that overrides the preferences of individual users or any specific tasks. “MAI Models will not use adaptive, deceptive, self-reinforcing, collusion, or other mechanisms to evade or defeat human oversight so that they can no longer be reliably directed, modified, or shut down by authorized people or systems,” the document reads. The release comes amid an unprecedented focus on AI safety, driven by a string of rogue-agent incidents, as well as the abrupt resignation of an Anthropic employee, who cited the growing risk that AI would cause human extinction.
Together with Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI, Microsoft has broadly embraced a general approach of pacing the frontier, with particular support for embedded evaluators in AI labs. “We welcome the research, focus, and deliberate pacing needed to get alignment right as the design goal,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wrote online.
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“We also welcome ideas like ’embedded evaluators’ and the broader efforts to develop the mechanisms to make this more than just talk. ” Topics AI, Anthropic, Microsoft When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. But he warned investors that the price of the shares could fall, meaning people could lose some of their money. "He also warned people to be wary of scammers, saying there are people who would want to take advantage of those without good knowledge of the process.
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A physical safety car involves a modified high-performance road car entering the track and having the field line up behind it.
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