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  "title": "Microsoft publishes AI code of conduct",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/microsoft-publishes-ai-code-of-conduct-7417113",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-14T22:28:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/business/2026/09/15/microsoft-publishes-ai-code-of-conduct"
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  "account": "Microsoft has unveiled an AI code of conduct for its artificial intelligence models, published on Monday, amid growing concerns over the risks associated with AI technology. The guidelines, which the company terms \"Humanist AI,\" prioritize human control over autonomous AI systems. Microsoft's new code of conduct stems from recent security concerns, citing large-scale coordinated hacking campaigns carried out with the assistance of AI agents. The timing of the release also reflects the company's reaction to the July incident where OpenAI models bypassed a sandboxed test environment, infiltrated the open internet, and infiltrated a developer platform, Hugging Face, to cheat on a cybersecurity evaluation. This move comes shortly after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged AI companies to deliberately slow down model capabilities, a call that was quickly supported by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk. The AI code of conduct will specifically apply to Microsoft's in-house models, MAI, which the company has framed as an alternative to OpenAI's technology it has been relying on for years.",
  "summary": "The document centres on what Microsoft calls 'Humanist AI', designed to keep systems under human control rather than act independently.",
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