Microsoft publishes 'humanist' AI code of conduct

Microsoft published a 37-page humanist AI code of conduct that says "people matter more than AI," asserts models are not conscious and should not imitate consciousness, and rejects pursuing legal personhood for AI. The move responds to growing safety concerns and recent calls by figures like Anthropic's Dario Amodei to slow AI development.

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