Microsoft publishes 37-page 'humanist AI code of conduct', says 'people matter more than AI'
tomwarren · x · 2026-09-14
Microsoft has released a 37-page 'humanist AI code of conduct' amid growing safety concerns, asserting that 'people matter more than AI.' The document states AI models are not conscious, 'should not be designed to imitate consciousness,' and rejects legal personhood, model welfare, or rights for models — a direct rebuttal of Anthropic's recent model-welfare push. Context: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei recently called for a coordinated slowdown of AI development, and Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman previously called Anthropic's consciousness speculation 'really, really dangerous' on Decoder.
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