As we enter a new era based on artificial intelligence, we believe this is the best time to articulate principles that will govern how we will operate our AI datacenter infrastructure and other important AI assets around the world. We are announcing and publishing these principles – our “AI Access Principles” – today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in part to address Microsoft’s growing role and responsibility as an AI innovator and a market leader.| Microsoft On the Issues
At Microsoft, we believe that for our company to do well, the world also needs to do well. We are at a critical moment for environmental sustainability, and we need government leaders, businesses, and civil society working in tandem. We also need to use every tool at our disposal to aid us in this journey, including AI.| Microsoft On the Issues
For AI to benefit everyone, it must be developed and used in ways that warrant people’s trust. Microsoft is establishing guardrails for AI systems so that we can make sure that risks are anticipated and benefits maximized.| Microsoft On the Issues
AI may well represent the most consequential technology advance of our lifetime. We must enter this new era with enthusiasm for the promise, and yet with our eyes wide open and resolute in addressing the inevitable pitfalls that also lie ahead.| Microsoft On the Issues
In recent months, we’ve concluded within Microsoft that the increasing speed, scale, and sophistication of cyberattacks call for a new response. Therefore, we’re launching today across the company a new initiative to pursue our next generation of cybersecurity protection – what we’re calling our Secure Future Initiative (SFI).| Microsoft On the Issues
