’AI Not Worth Pursuing’ If It’s Not ‘Helping Humanity.’ Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Pushes Back on Anthropic’s Control Framing and Offers a Practical Way Out.

Satya Nadella entered the AI safety debate this weekend with a post on X. The Microsoft (MSFT) CEO argued that any push toward superintelligence has to stay under human control and actually help people. Here's what he said:

“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.”