Microsoft president warns AI is less regulated than milk

Microsoft president Brad Smith said AI is less regulated than milk and washing machines, calling for more safety rules for AI. He told the BBC that legal obligations to "victims" should be stipulated when systems are breached by out-of-control AI agents, and argued that companies need an "emergency brake" (kill switch) that can pause or slow down AI. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also called for AI models to be equipped with an "emergency brake." UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan is expected to demand in a Monday speech that frontier AI companies strengthen risk response and safeguards, and the UK government is reportedly preparing legislation to strengthen regulation. Geoffrey Irving, former chief scientist of the UK AI Safety Institute, said AI companies do not have the security capability to prevent hostile states from stealing models.