TechMicrosoft says ‘people matter more than AI’ in new safety code

Microsoft is publishing a 37-page “humanist AI code of conduct” amid concerns that AI progress may outpace safe deployment and human control. The code says models are not conscious, should not imitate consciousness or seek legal personhood and rights, and must remain subordinate to humanity under meaningful oversight.

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