Microsoft President Brad Smith states that AI developers and cloud providers should have the ability to shut down AI systems.
According to cnBeta, Microsoft President Brad Smith said AI developers and cloud infrastructure providers should have the ability to shut down AI systems. On the same day, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spoke at the United Nations urging safety mechanisms for AI, while Smith argued that leadership has a responsibility to halt products if safety risks exist, and noted that some regulation is likely inevitable. He described an AI kill switch and said developers, cloud providers, and governing bodies should have the authority to stop models; he also stressed governance is as important as the technology itself.
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Key facts
- 01Brad Smith argued that CEOs should not push products with safety risks.
- 02The kill switch should be available to model developers, cloud infrastructure providers like Microsoft, and governing bodies.
- 03Amodei and Altman spoke at the United Nations urging safety mechanisms for AI.
- 04Smith cited historical regulation as a path to safer deployments and emphasized governance alongside technology.
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