Overview
- Microsoft posted a 37‑page draft Humanist AI Code of Conduct and opened a six‑week public consultation to collect feedback before revising the document.
- The code creates 'Absolute Constraints' that operators and users cannot override and forbids assistance that enables weapons, offensive cyberattacks, large‑scale manipulation, child sexual exploitation, and other severe harms.
- The framework establishes a Chain of Command that places the Code above operator policies and user preferences and requires models to accept correction and stop when told by humans.
- The draft bars models from producing working exploit code or operational cyberattack guidance while permitting tightly controlled, authorized defensive cybersecurity work through specialized review channels.
- Microsoft says current MAI models have not been trained on the draft, it has a superintelligence team pursuing 'Humanist Superintelligence,' and it acknowledges verification, monitoring, and testing will be needed to make the rules enforceable.