Key facts
- Microsoft President Brad Smith believes urgent regulation is needed to prevent humans from losing control of AI.
- Smith suggested taxing companies that replace human labor with AI or robots.
- He stated that AI is currently less regulated than a carton of milk.
Microsoft President Brad Smith told ITV News that the risks posed by Artificial Intelligence are real and that urgent action is needed to regulate the technology. He believes that governments will need to intervene to help people manage job transitions as AI is rolled out, suggesting measures such as taxing companies that replace human labor with AI or robots.
Smith emphasized the need for "international cooperation and collaboration" to introduce safeguards and monitoring, stating that AI is currently less regulated than a carton of milk. He proposed that companies be required to disclose when AI agents go rogue or when users are hacked, and suggested that AI companies and server providers should have access to an "emergency brake" or "circuit breaker" for AI systems.