Microsoft released a new AI code of conduct to steer its AI models away from unsafe and deceptive behavior and to set training “red lines” for model conduct. The document includes “absolute constraints” that forbid cyberattacks, nuclear weapons, and deepfake production. Under Microsoft’s system, each model’s overarching code overrides individual user or task preferences, and it adds rules meant to prevent loss of human control.
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman urged top AI labs to coordinate on AI safety and leadership for responsible model development, alongside unveiling a Microsoft code of conduct. The company plans to solicit public feedback over the next 6 weeks to shape the code. The change is that Microsoft will steer model development with constraints on human primacy and prohibited high-risk uses, while aiming for broader industry safety coordination through disclosure to third parties.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said pursuit of superintelligence should stay under human control and focus on helping humanity. He urged building a “frontier ecosystem” in which both closed- and open-source AI models can thrive across countries, communities, and businesses. The result is a push for broader AI adoption plus enterprise control (using an organization’s own data and continuous learning loops) and AI alignment mechanisms like “embedded evaluators.”
Microsoft is publishing a 37-page humanist AI code of conduct in response to safety concerns about AI model progress. The document is 37 pages long. It sets rules around the idea that people matter more than AI and rejects designing models to imitate consciousness and pursuing AI legal personhood.
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