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date: "2026-09-13"
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# Nadella puts Microsoft's MAI model "Code of Conduct" out for public consultation

On 2026-09-13 Satya Nadella announced Microsoft would publish the "Code of Conduct" governing its first-party MAI models for public consultation, framing any pursuit of superintelligence as conditional on AI staying under human control - consistent with Mustafa Suleyman's "humanist superintelligence" agenda.

## Key facts
- Announced 2026-09-13; publication of the Code of Conduct stated for 2026-09-14
- Nadella: 'Any pursuit of superintelligence has to be grounded in the core principle that if the AI we build is not helping humanity and under human control, it's not worth pursuing.'
- Applies to Microsoft's first-party MAI models (MAI-Thinking-1 etc.)
- Context: Microsoft AI's stated goal is 'Humanist Superintelligence' (Suleyman)

## What happened

Microsoft said it would publish the behavioral "Code of Conduct" underlying its MAI models and invite public comment.
Nadella tied the effort to alignment research, "deliberate pacing" and ideas such as embedded evaluators.

## Why it matters

A frontier developer opening its model-behavior rules to public consultation is a governance experiment comparable to
published model specs/constitutions at other labs.

Confidence medium: based on a single secondary report; the primary Microsoft document was not read.

## Your AI and this story

- GPT-6 Astra (training cutoff April 2026): 136 days after its cutoff
- Claude Opus 5.5 (training cutoff June 2026): 75 days after its cutoff
- Gemini 4 Hydrogen (training cutoff March 2026): 166 days after its cutoff
- Grok 4.7 (training cutoff May 2026): 105 days after its cutoff

## Sources

1. [Unite.AI - Nadella announces public consultation on Microsoft's MAI model rules](https://www.unite.ai/nadella-announces-public-consultation-on-microsofts-mai-model-rules/) (unite.ai, press)

## Changes

- 2026-09-29 (filed): Created

## Related

- 2026-06-02: [Microsoft launches seven in-house MAI models at Build 2026, led by MAI-Thinking-1](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-06-02-microsoft-mai-models-build-2026/index.md)
- People: [Satya Nadella](https://postcutoff.com/person/satya-nadella/), [Mustafa Suleyman](https://postcutoff.com/person/mustafa-suleyman/)