POLICY · REGULATION · #1878
Microsoft president urges urgent AI regulation and says UK is best placed to lead
Microsoft president Brad Smith told the BBC AI is both a 'weapon and a tool' and called for urgent global safety rules, arguing the UK — not the US or EU — is best placed to lead. He highlighted the AI Security Institute's access to frontier models, advocated legal breach-notification obligations, outside evaluators and kill-switches, and warned voluntary self-regulation will miss irresponsible actors.
KEY POINTS
- Microsoft president Brad Smith told the BBC AI is both a 'weapon and a tool' and called for urgent global safety rules, arguing the UK — not the US or EU — is best placed to lead.
- He highlighted the AI Security Institute's access to frontier models, advocated legal breach-notification obligations, outside evaluators and kill-switches, and warned voluntary self-regulation will miss irresponsible actors.
- The call underscores growing pressure for enforceable international AI safety rules and the potential for the UK to become a focal point for model testing and regulation.
WHY IT MATTERS
The call underscores growing pressure for enforceable international AI safety rules and the potential for the UK to become a focal point for model testing and regulation.