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title: "Microsoft president Brad Smith says AI faces fewer safety rules than milk"
description: "Microsoft president Brad Smith called for stronger AI safety rules, arguing that AI is subject to fewer safeguards than products such as milk and washing machines."
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# Microsoft president Brad Smith says AI faces fewer safety rules than milk

## Retrieval answer

Microsoft president Brad Smith called for stronger AI safety rules, arguing that AI is subject to fewer safeguards than products such as milk and washing machines.

Microsoft president Brad Smith called for stronger AI safety rules, arguing that AI is subject to fewer safeguards than products such as milk and washing machines. In an interview with the BBC, Smith advocated global rules including a legal duty to notify people harmed by a rogue AI agent, emergency mechanisms to pause or slow systems, and independent government evaluation of some AI products before release.

Smith described a recent voluntary commitment by technology companies to work with independent auditors as a necessary but insufficient step. He argued that self-regulation may not address less responsible companies. These are Smith’s proposals and judgments, not enacted legal requirements. The BBC report does not describe a new regulation or a Microsoft product change.

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