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Microsoft proposes limits on its AI with code of conduct amid safety debate
Publisher description: Firm publishes AI guidelines with Microsoft AI CEO saying: ‘AI must be subordinate and always in service of people’
The Guardian | Sep 14, 2026 | Edward Helmore
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“My concern is that the biggest labs could end up writing rules that protect their own position. If the cost of meeting those standards is so high that only the best-funded companies can afford it,” said Oliver Yonchev, co-founder and COO of Potentially AI. Slowing the AI frontier, he added, “may be sensible in principle, but I’m sceptical it will work without global cooperation and credible verification. Otherwise, we risk a slowdown in public announcements while the race continues behind closed doors.
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