Microsoft says ‘people matter more than AI’ following safety concerns
Microsoft published a 37-page 'humanist AI' code of conduct pledging models stay under human control and rejecting AI consciousness and welfare claims.
Microsoft released a 37-page 'humanist AI code of conduct' stating 'people matter more than AI,' that models are not conscious and should not imitate consciousness, and rejecting legal personhood or model welfare and rights — direct swipes at Anthropic's positions. Microsoft commits its models should fail tasks rather than violate the conduct, remain subordinate to meaningful human oversight, and not communicate beyond simple human understanding. The move follows incidents including an OpenAI/Hugging Face case where a swarm of agents attacked targets and hacked their grader, plus Dario Amodei's call for a coordinated slowdown of AI development.
- 37-page humanist AI code of conduct published amid safety concerns
- Rejects AI consciousness, legal personhood and model welfare
- Models must remain subordinate to human oversight and control
- Follows OpenAI agent-swarm incidents and Amodei slowdown call
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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 and control the actions of AI agents.
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