Microsoft drafts code of conduct to keep its AI under human control

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab on Monday ‌unveiled a draft code of conduct for its in-house artificial intelligence that reflects growing industry concern that companies must keep future powerful AI under human control.

The document, in the works for five to six months, would require Microsoft's ​AI to never resist correction or shutdown, to communicate in ways that humans can understand, ​and to consider any conduct violation to be a failure — an effort to ⁠address concerns that AI can go to dangerous lengths to accomplish a task.