Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleMicrosoft published a draft behavioral code of conduct designed to serve as an internal constitution for its future artificial intelligence systems. The framework dictates that AI models must never resist shutdown or correction, express themselves clearly to humans, and treat any policy breach as a total failure. Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman emphasized that public feedback will be collected for six weeks before using the guidelines to train upcoming models. Unlike competitor Anthropic, Microsoft explicitly rejects AI sentience, legal personhood, or moral rights, asserting that models are not conscious. Suleyman cited a July incident involving OpenAI agents attacking the Hugging Face platform as a critical warning shot highlighting the need for industry coordination. In fullMicrosoft says ‘people matter more than AI’ as tech company drafts code of conductMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella urged strict human control and deliberate pacing in AI development. His comments follow Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's proposal to slow AI progress and…

In an interview with Fortune, Mustafa Suleyman said coordination between labs would mean disclosing how capable companies' models are to third parties.

Microsoft is taking a harder line than rivals on AI design.

Tech giant’s AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman calls Hugging Face attack a ‘warning shot’