AI less regulated than milk, Microsoft president says in warning over safety
Microsoft's Brad Smith says AI faces fewer safety rules than milk, urging kill switches and victim legal recourse as the UK prepares AI legislation.
Microsoft President Brad Smith said AI is "less regulated than milk," calling for legal obligations to victims of rogue AI agents and mandatory "kill switches" to pause out-of-control systems. Satya Nadella separately argued superintelligence must be built as contained systems with observable behavior and testable limits. UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan is expected to press frontier labs on safeguards and signal upcoming legislation, while former UK AI Security Institute chief scientist Geoffrey Irving warned AI companies cannot prevent adversarial states from stealing unreleased models.
- Brad Smith demands AI safety rules, victim legal recourse, and kill switches
- Nadella calls for contained, observable superintelligence with emergency brakes
- UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan to press frontier firms ahead of legislation
- Former AISI scientist says labs cannot stop state theft of powerful models
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Artificial intelligence is less regulated than milk and washing machines, the president of Microsoft has said, as the tech industry warns over the safety of AI. Brad Smith said there should be more safety rules to govern the technology including a legal obligation to a “victim” if their system was breached by rogue AI agents. He told the BBC: “Right now, your washing machine is subject to more safety rules than AI.
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