Microsoft says ‘people matter more than AI’ following safety concerns

Microsoft released a 37-page “humanist AI code of conduct” that states people matter more than AI, that models are not conscious, and that they should not be designed to imitate consciousness. The code also rejects pursuing legal personhood for AI. Anthropic’s CEO, Dario Amodei, called for a coordinated slowdown of AI development after researchers warned that model progress could outpace safe deployment and control.