- Microsoft implemented a code of conduct to restrict AI models
- The guidelines have been in place for approximately five months
- Limits will be set for future AI models by Microsoft
Microsoft issued a code of conduct to restrict AI models, according to a CNBC interview with a Microsoft exectuvie on Monday. The software tech giant started that guidelines for about five months. The company will also be setting limits for future AI models.
The foremost tenet in the aforementioned document was that "people matter more than AI,” with it stating tthat AI models are devoid of conciousness and “should not be designed to imitate consciousness.” The company also rejects “the pursuit of legal personhood, or the idea that models might deserve welfare, or be entitled to rights.”
It also argued for the subordination of AI models to humanity, being bound by a humanist AI code of conduct, in a way where it does not succeed in doing select tasks in lieu of attempting to violate its norms.
“Models should remain subordinate to humanity, subject to meaningful human oversight and control,” it said.
This development comes after Anthropic's Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei penned a blog calling for pumping the brakes on AI advancement resulting from competition between various AI firms, advocating for more guardrails and caution in the matter.
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OpenAI's Sam Altman echoed the call within hours, pledging to match Anthropic's move to give independent evaluators employee-like access to its systems. SpaceAI's Founder Elon Musk, whose public disputes with both men are well documented, replied with three words: "Dario is right."
All three AI big tech figures agreed that the AI industry needs to slow down. Concerns began on Sept. 12 with a nearly 4,000-word essay warning that AI's growing ability to build its own successors, combined with a rogue AI agent swarm's cyberattack on Hugging Face in July, could spiral into far bigger damage within months.
"We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models,” Amodei said, adding that AI progress would remain rapid even with a slower development pace and that companies must make “wise use” of the time gained.
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