Microsoft published a draft code of conduct for its in-house AI models, barring them from resisting shutdown or hiding their reasoning — as Anthropic, OpenAI and Elon Musk call for slowing AI development.

Microsoft stock rises even as the AI trade gets hit hard after the company releases its AI model code of conduct.

Microsoft’s AI code of conduct makes it clear that “people matter more than AI,” and that AI models are not conscious and “should not be designed to imitate consciousness.” Microsoft also rejects “the pursuit of legal personhood, or the idea that models might deserve welfare, or be entitled to rights.”

As the artificial intelligence industry weighs a slowdown, Microsoft published its own guardrails to try to ease fears about the technology.

Microsoft wants to be seen as a responsible AI entity as it ramps up model development alongside partners Anthropic and OpenAI.

Microsoft is tightening AI ad transparency, requiring advertisers to disclose synthetic content, and preserve provenance data

Millions of students every day turn to AI chatbots for help with schoolwork, emotional support and personal advice — often unaware of where their conversations and other personal information end up.

AI-companies shouldn’t wait for governments to legislate on the technology before putting in their own safety controls, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said.