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AI less regulated than milk, Microsoft president says in warning over safety

The Guardian: Artificial Intelligence (tier 1, news) 2026-10-12T07:52:46.000Z Original ↗

Discourse valence

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confidence 80% · 1 item

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Adverse readingFavourable reading

Single-model reading. This item did not meet the threshold for a multi-model panel.

Existential and catastrophic risk Governance and regulation Loss of control and alignment

Excerpt as ingested

Brad Smith adds to calls for tougher rules for AI, including ‘kill switches’ and legal obligation to victims of rogue agents Business live – latest updates Artificial intelligence is less regulated than milk and washing machines, the president of Microsoft has said, as the tech industry warns over the safety of AI. Brad Smith said there should be more safety rules to govern the technology including a legal obligation to a “victim” if their system was breached by rogue AI agents. Continue reading...

Every model that read this

Model	Provider	Stage	Score	Conf.	Latency	Prompt	When
Llama 3.3 70B	Meta	analysis	-50	80%	4315ms	v1.0.0 / m1.0.1	2026-10-12 09:17

Llama 3.3 70B · reading

Lack of regulation implies potential risks to safety.

evidence: reported horizon: n/a

Evidence extracted

AI is less regulated than milk
Microsoft president calls for tougher rules for AI

The chain

SOURCE     The Guardian: Artificial Intelligence (tier 1)
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DOCUMENT   d04a47dd-0210-4cd5-82e0-1a4a7d379a2c
           https://theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/12/ai-less-regulated-than-milk-microsoft-president-calls-for-tougher-rules
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EVIDENCE   2 extracted excerpts
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MODEL RUN  1 run, methodology 1.0.1
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SCORE      -50  (Adverse)
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CONFIDENCE 80%