Satya Nadella: If the AI we build is not helping humanity and under human control, it's not worth pursuing

Microsoft Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella has called for a measured approach in the race to artificial intelligence AI stating that the pursuit of superintelligence needs to be in control of humans and that serves to enhance humanityAny 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 its not worth pursuing Nadella said on social media platform XAny 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 its not worth pursuing We also need to accelerate and spread the benefits of AI such that they are diffused broadly across countries communities and companies This requires a frontier ecosystem in which both closed and opensource models can thrive And for firms itrsquos imperative that they retain full control over their unique and tacit knowledge Every organization should be able to build its own continuous learning loophill climbing machine without becoming dependent on any one model provider and have the ability to embed its own knowledge into models and weights they control So in this context we welcome the research focus and deliberate pacing needed to get alignment right as the design goal We also welcome ideas like embedded evaluators and the broader efforts to develop the mechanisms to make this more than just talk The key is that this cannot be controlled by a handful of entities but must have broad representation across the ecosystem countries and fields including academia This is the approach we are taking broad access and choice at every layer of the AI stack enterprise control of learning loops and models and the ldquoCode of Conductrdquo that underlies our own first party MAI models that wersquoll publish tomorrow for public consultationmdash Satya Nadella satyanadella September 13 2026His remarks come at a time when Anthropic AI researcher Jacob Coxon had resigned last week alleging leading technology firms were acting irresponsibly in an unchecked race toward developing superintelligence and gambling with human livesNadella calls for deliberate pacing in AIHowever Nadella still believes there is merit to AI and said We also need to accelerate and spread the benefits of AI such that they are diffused broadly across countries communities and companies This requires a frontier ecosystem in which both closed and opensource models can thriveHe however pointed out that the tech firms should retain full control over their unique and tacit knowledge and should build continuous learning loop or hill climbing machine without becoming dependent on a single AI provider He added that a firm should have the ability to embed its own knowledge into models and weights they controlSo in this context we welcome the research focus and deliberate pacing needed to get alignment right as the design goal We also welcome ideas like embedded evaluators and the broader efforts to develop the mechanisms to make this more than just talk he saidBroadening the scope of AI developmentNadella pointed out that the development of AI should not be limited to a handful of entities but must have broad representation across the ecosystem countries and fields including academiaThis is the approach we Microsoft are taking broad access and choice at every layer of the AI stack enterprise control of learning loops and models and the Code of Conduct that underlies our own first party MAI models that well publish tomorrow for public consultation he said