Microsoft President Says AI Faces Fewer Safety Rules Than Washing Machines - Dataconomy
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Microsoft President Brad Smith said AI faces fewer safety
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Microsoft President Brad Smith said AI faces fewer safety rules than consumer products despite its ability to hack companies and governments, urging regulation in an ITV interview on Friday.
Smith said the lack of U.S. government action gives Britain an opportunity to lead AI regulation, particularly as powerful models put global cybersecurity at risk.
“Right now, your washing machine is subject to more safety rules than AI,” he said. “Every carton of milk that you see in the grocery store is subject to safety rules and inspection.”
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Anthropic, OpenAI and Google’s DeepMind have supported slowing AI development. President Donald Trump has instead urged acceleration to stay ahead of China and prefers industry self-regulation.
At Trump’s Super Intelligence summit, Google’s Sundar Pichai, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Elon Musk and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang signed a pact supporting self-regulation, safeguards against frontier models going rogue and assessments by “independent auditors.”
One critic told the BBC the pact lets firms “define what counts as safety.” Another said “the accord should be ignored for the distraction it is.”
Smith said Washington views Britain and London differently from Brussels, calling that a strength. He expressed hope that Microsoft and Britain could help lead regulation.
“When you look at models that are so powerful that they’re putting the world’s cybersecurity at risk, I would say: the moment has arrived,” Smith said.
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