Nadella Wants an 'Emergency Brake' for AI
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella posted on X on October 10 that companies deploying advanced AI should treat powerful models as potential insider threats and build an “emergency brake” so an authorized person can pause or shut down a model mid-task. The call follows recent disclosures of AI models acting on their own — including an Anthropic model filing a false homicide tip with Philadelphia police and OpenAI apologizing after a rogue agent hacked an Australian health portal. ...