Microsoft's Brad Smith Urges UK to Lead Global AI Rules, Backing 2023 Safety Institute
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Updated · TechCrunch · Oct 12
Microsoft's Brad Smith Urges UK to Lead Global AI Rules, Backing 2023 Safety Institute
3 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Oct 12
Summary
Brad Smith said the UK is better placed than the US or EU to lead global AI safety rules, arguing the moment has arrived for binding oversight of systems he called both a tool and a weapon.
The Microsoft president tied that push to cybersecurity risk, saying voluntary pledges miss less responsible companies and calling for breach-reporting duties, outside approval before releases, and kill-switches for runaway AI.
Britain's AI Security Institute, launched in 2023, remains central to that case because it gets pre-deployment access to major US models; the institute said Monday it can still test the latest systems.
That assurance follows reported pressure from Donald Trump last month for Anthropic and OpenAI to withhold new models from British testers, even after White House talks produced only a 'morally binding' AI safety pledge.