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AI: Microsoft boss wants "emergency brake" on Artificial Intelligence

After excitement about hacking attacks by AI, Microsoft boss Satya Nadella proposes rules for the technology. The measures reveal just how concerned the software giant's boss is.

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AI: Microsoft boss wants "emergency brake" on Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has called for a "kill switch" in artificial intelligence to prevent loss of control. He emphasized that humans must be able to stop or shut down a KI model at any time and that advanced models require advanced containment mechanisms. Nadella also stressed that all KI actions must be transparent to humans and that no KI model should have control over the data used to evaluate its behavior.

His comments come amid concerns over the risks of KI, fueled by recent tests showing autonomous hacking attacks by KI software.

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