Microsoft says ‘people matter more than AI’ following safety concerns
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Microsoft published a 37-page guide for ethical AI development, emphasizing that people should be prioritized over AI systems, following concerns that AI model improvements may be happening faster than our ability to safely control and verify them. The guide also clarifies that AI models are not conscious and should not be designed to pretend to be, while rejecting the idea that AI should have legal personhood.
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Original source: https://www.theverge.com/news/994566/microsoft-humanist-ai-code-of-conduct
First tracked: September 14, 2026 at 02:01 PM
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