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Nadella urges an emergency brake on powerful AI systems

Microsoft's chief executive says companies cannot take model makers at their word and should assume advanced AI could be compromised, arguing in a lengthy X post.

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What happened

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella used a lengthy post on X to argue that companies deploying advanced AI cannot just take model makers at their word. He said such models should be treated as possibly compromised and proposed an emergency brake to curb them. He also said the industry must pause to review how trust in AI is structured.

Why it matters

He framed the proposal as a response to the dangers posed by highly advanced AI models. He said AI can no longer be treated as opaque layers whose advice is simply accepted or rejected.

Timeline

  1. Oct 10, 3:23 PM ET: Nadella calls for an emergency brake on advanced AI, saying deployers should not rely only on model makers' assurances.
  2. Oct 11, 7:33 PM ET: Nadella says companies should assume powerful AI models could be compromised and build an emergency brake to rein them in.

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