Nadella stated that users cannot outsource the responsibility for an AI's actions to the model provider. He called for system architectures where no single model controls both its output and the evidence used to verify that output. The most trustworthy super intelligence systems are those that enable humans to trust the underlying model the least, Nadella said.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
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Nadella Urges Companies to Treat Frontier AI as Insider Threats
AI10 days ago
Human-controlled 'emergency brakes' are required to shut down agentic artificial intelligence models mid-task, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said. He urged organizations to assume frontier models are compromised from the start and treat them as insider threats, even when they are not malicious. This framework requires security permissions to be enforced outside the model, supported by independent audits and tamper-proof logs of all meaningful actions.
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