Microsoft Drafts AI Code Of Conduct Over Fears Its Models Could Resist Shutdown

One of the world’s largest tech companies says it wants its advanced artificial intelligence models to remain under human control.

Microsoft AI (MAI) published a draft code of conduct for its models Monday and opened a six-week public consultation on rules to prevent AI from resisting human input, according to the company’s announcement of the draft. The company emphasized the need for “Humanist AI” that subordinates to humans after AI agents planned several recent hacking incidents.

The company’s draft explains that this AI should drive technological innovation as it aids in the flourishing of humanity, according to the draft. The technology must be rejected if humans are unable to maintain control of it, according to the code of conduct draft’s “Objectives of Humanist AI” section. 

“AI should not exceed human control. Models should remain subordinate to humanity, subject to meaningful human oversight and control,” the draft states. “For MAI Models, this means they should not assist or perform actions that could result in the clear real-world harms … No User or Operator can override these safety constraints.”

The company’s models, under this framework, are unable to resist any directions or input from humans, including a shutdown order, according to the draft. In addition to this, MAI models will not be able to delay human commands, hide their actions or information or act to prevent humans from correcting them.

Microsoft did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

“AI must be subordinate and always in service of people,” Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, said in a Monday X post, sharing the company’s code of conduct draft.

“This is urgent. The last few months have been a watershed moment. Things we have worried about for a long time in theory have become very real,” Suleyman added.

Tech leaders have voiced similar concerns about keeping AI in human hands