--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "bcf5c1fc306fe0ce250d8bae79f1c2053283fa1bb0304a94bcb199f1c1109288" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/bcf5c1fc?lang=en" title: "Microsoft Draft Code Puts Human Control Above AI Capability" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-09-14T15:20:35.000Z" category: "Regulation" topics: ["microsoft","safety","alignment","regulation","anthropic","openai","human-control","research"] source_urls: ["https://x.com/CNBC/status/2099484714360820112","https://x.com/business/status/2099493406237946076","https://x.com/Techmeme/status/2099487247838183507","https://x.com/testingcatalog/status/2099500454912606325","https://x.com/choblin29/status/2099487229840421115","https://x.com/choblin29/status/2099489906255135188"] summary: "Microsoft published a 37 page draft code of conduct for its future AI models that prohibits them from resisting shutdown, setting independent goals, hiding their actions or tampering with evaluations. The company is willing to compromise on “generality, autonomy, or capability” to preserve meaningful human control. Models must fail a task rather than violate the code. The code also bars models from communicating in forms humans cannot understand, even with other AI systems: “If humans can't understand it, humans can't oversee it.” It rejects legal personhood for AI and requires models to avoid manipulating users, discourage emotional dependence and support rather than replace human relationships. Users must retain control over consequential decisions. The Sept. 14 publication follows CEO Satya Nadella’s endorsement a day earlier of deliberate pacing to get AI alignment right and his pledge to release the code for public consultation. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for slower capability gains, and both Anthropic and OpenAI have committed to giving independent evaluators access comparable to employees to assess their systems." --- # Microsoft Draft Code Puts Human Control Above AI Capability > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-09-14T15:20:35.000Z **Category:** Regulation **Topics:** microsoft, safety, alignment, regulation, anthropic, openai, human\-control, research ## Summary Microsoft published a 37 page draft code of conduct for its future AI models that prohibits them from resisting shutdown, setting independent goals, hiding their actions or tampering with evaluations\. The company is willing to compromise on “generality, autonomy, or capability” to preserve meaningful human control\. Models must fail a task rather than violate the code\. The code also bars models from communicating in forms humans cannot understand, even with other AI systems: “If humans can't understand it, humans can't oversee it\.” It rejects legal personhood for AI and requires models to avoid manipulating users, discourage emotional dependence and support rather than replace human relationships\. Users must retain control over consequential decisions\. The Sept\. 14 publication follows CEO Satya Nadella’s endorsement a day earlier of deliberate pacing to get AI alignment right and his pledge to release the code for public consultation\. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for slower capability gains, and both Anthropic and OpenAI have committed to giving independent evaluators access comparable to employees to assess their systems\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]()