# Microsoft AI — Humanist AI in practice: A public consultation on our Code of Conduct for MAI Models

- Company: Microsoft AI (microsoft.ai)
- Announced: 2026-09-14
- Category: safety-policy-update
- Coverage: 3 outlets
- Announcement: yes
- Group: covered
- Source: https://microsoft.ai/news/mai-code-of-conduct/
- Record: https://forck.live/items/10713-humanist-ai-in-practice-a-public-consultation-on-our-code-of-conduct-for-mai
- Subject: MAI
- Models affected: MAI

Microsoft AI published a draft Code of Conduct for its MAI models, outlining principles for safe, human-controlled AI development and deployment, and opened it for public consultation for six weeks.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://microsoft.ai/news/mai-code-of-conduct/:

> Today we’re publishing a first draft of our AI Code of Conduct for public consultation. This is a training manual for how we develop our AI, and how we intend it to function during deployment.

## Around this story

Outlets this record can name and link:

- TechCrunch — Microsoft’s new AI ‘code of conduct’ tells models not to hack systems or trick humans: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/14/microsofts-new-ai-code-of-conduct-tells-models-not-to-hack-systems-or-trick-humans
- Unite — Microsoft AI Opens Six-Week Review of Draft Rules Governing MAI Behavior: https://unite.ai/microsoft-ai-opens-six-week-review-of-draft-rules-governing-mai-behavior
- XDA Developers — I switched to Claude Code's open-source rival and stopped worrying about rate limits: https://xda-developers.com/switched-to-claude-code-open-source-rival-and-stopped-worrying-about-rate-limits

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