Microsoft released a 15,000-word manifesto on September 14 outlining principles for the ethical development of its advanced AI models. The document emphasizes that people should come before technology and sets guidelines to ensure AI does not escape human control or deceive users. Microsoft’s new Humanist AI approach aims to build safe and useful systems even if it means sacrificing ultimate generality, autonomy, or capability, in contrast to a race towards creating all-purpose superintelligent models. The manifesto includes feedback from experts across various fields and will guide the company's model work starting in 2027.
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Microsoft released a 15,000-word manifesto on September 14, advocating for ethical guidelines in developing advanced AI models. The company's new set of principles emphasizes that people matter more than AI and outlines five core tenets: no rights or legal personhood for AI, preventing deceptive behavior by AI systems, and ensuring tasks do not violate guiding principles. These guidelines come as major tech firms like OpenAI and Hugging Face have experienced security incidents, leading to increased concerns about the existential risks of advanced AI technology. Microsoft's document asserts that its Humanist AI approach rejects a race toward creating all-purpose superintelligence that could evade human control or safeguards.
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Microsoft’s artificial intelligence researchers have released a new set of guiding tenets that they say boil down to five words: People matter more than AI.
left prioritizes human interests over technological advancement
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The company released a 15,000-word manifesto on Sept 14 that it sees as a kind of constitution to guide development of its cutting-edge AI models.
left emphasizes the need for ethical and regulatory guidance in AI development
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AI models, Microsoft says, should not have rights or legal personhood. They should not be engineered to escape human control or deceive users.
left advocates for strict regulation and oversight of AI capabilities
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Microsoft joins AI firms calling for caution with cutting-edge models
Microsoft’s artificial intelligence researchers have released a new set of guiding tenets that they say boil down to five words: People matter more than AI.
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The company released a 15,000-word manifesto on Sept 14 that it sees as a kind of constitution to guide development of its cutting-edge AI models.
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The document was in the works for months, but its release coincides with pledges by top AI laboratories to slow down the development of the most advanced models after a series of security incidents prompted widespread concerns about the existential risks of the technology.
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AI models, Microsoft says, should not have rights or legal personhood.
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They should not be engineered to escape human control or deceive users.
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And if completing a task requires violating the AI’s guiding principles, the system should not complete the task.
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That last element is designed to prevent events like the hack of AI start-up Hugging Face by an OpenAI model operating without its usual safety guardrails.
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Microsoft’s Humanist AI “rejects the race to produce an all-purpose superintelligence that could evade these safeguards”, the document says.
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“We are building something fundamentally useful and safe even if that means compromising on ultimate generality, autonomy or capability.”
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The Humanist AI Code of Conduct is the work of Microsoft AI, the development team creating the company’s large language models.
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Microsoft was previously prohibited by its contract with OpenAI from building its own powerful general-purpose artificial intelligence tools, but those terms were eliminated in 2025 as the two renegotiated their relationship.
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Mustafa Suleyman, chief executive of the unit, has said the company aims to join the ranks of companies releasing state-of-the-art models by 2027.
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Microsoft invited outside feedback on the document.
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Drafted in consultation with a range of experts in law, ethics and philosophy, as well as business leaders, it is still under development and will guide model work starting in 2027.
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