Security & Compliance
September 15, 2026Microsoft's AI code of conduct: what it does not cover
Microsoft AI published a draft Humanist AI Code of Conduct on 14 September 2026, committing its MAI models to absolute constraints on weapons, offensive cyber operations and resistance to shutdown, under a chain of command that operators and users cannot override. The scope line matters more than the constraints: the Code does not extend to third-party models Microsoft merely hosts, so GPT-5.6 in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Claude in Foundry sit outside it.
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By Falak Mahmood