--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "0fe543aa77883920996e77ff3b626f4393e54bc3a4c8f69c6f62ebd5ffb6c452" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/0fe543aa?lang=en" title: "Microsoft’s Nadella Backs Slower AI Development to Keep Humans in Control" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-09-13T20:43:38.000Z" category: "Regulation" topics: ["microsoft","safety","regulation","open-source","openai","sam-altman","llm","anthropic"] source_urls: ["https://huggingnews.com/ai/update-microsofts-nadella-backs-slower-ai-development-to-keep-humans-in-af7b00a7","https://x.com/satyanadella/status/2099220712024408084","https://x.com/mustafasuleyman/status/2099223582434083103","https://x.com/rohanpaul_ai/status/2099222293633524064","https://x.com/peterwildeford/status/2099223553006526723","https://x.com/ben_burtenshaw/status/2099125998046351385","https://x.com/clashreport/status/2099151204731281562","https://x.com/wallstengine/status/2099053373295317104"] summary: "Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella endorsed “deliberate pacing needed to get alignment right as the design goal” in pursuing superintelligence and welcomed proposals for embedded safety evaluators. He said AI that does not help humanity and remain under human control is not worth pursuing. Microsoft will publish the code of conduct underlying its MAI models for public consultation on Sept. 14. Nadella also called for accelerating the spread of AI’s benefits, supporting both closed and open-source models, and ensuring businesses can incorporate their knowledge into models they control without depending on a single provider. He said the approach must involve broad representation across countries, companies and academia rather than control by a handful of entities. Mustafa Suleyman endorsed his position that technology should serve humanity. His statement followed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s Sept. 12 call to slow advances in AI capabilities while continuing model training and technical progress. Anthropic committed to giving outside evaluators permanent access equivalent to employees’ access to verify safety practices, report incidents and assess alignment during training. OpenAI CEO Sam" --- # Microsoft’s Nadella Backs Slower AI Development to Keep Humans in Control > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-09-13T20:43:38.000Z **Category:** Regulation **Topics:** microsoft, safety, regulation, open\-source, openai, sam\-altman, llm, anthropic ## Summary Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella endorsed “deliberate pacing needed to get alignment right as the design goal” in pursuing superintelligence and welcomed proposals for embedded safety evaluators\. He said AI that does not help humanity and remain under human control is not worth pursuing\. Microsoft will publish the code of conduct underlying its MAI models for public consultation on Sept\. 14\. Nadella also called for accelerating the spread of AI’s benefits, supporting both closed and open\-source models, and ensuring businesses can incorporate their knowledge into models they control without depending on a single provider\. He said the approach must involve broad representation across countries, companies and academia rather than control by a handful of entities\. Mustafa Suleyman endorsed his position that technology should serve humanity\. His statement followed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s Sept\. 12 call to slow advances in AI capabilities while continuing model training and technical progress\. Anthropic committed to giving outside evaluators permanent access equivalent to employees’ access to verify safety practices, report incidents and assess alignment during training\. OpenAI CEO Sam ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]()