Brad Smith (American lawyer)
American lawyer and CLO of Microsoft (born 1959)
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Right now, your washing machine is subject to more safety rules than AI. Every carton of milk that you see in the grocery store is subject to safety rules and inspection."
- But Smith saidBBCbbc.com/news/articles…
We know how to do this for other products,
- Smith saidBBCbbc.com/news/articles…
Imagine that somebody comes into your office and says, ‘I know we’re in a race to get out the next airplane first, but we’re worried that the airplane will crash and people will die.’ Would you say, ‘I need to win this race’
- Smith askedNBC Newsnbcnews.com/politics/politics…
Imagine for a moment that there’s only two big companies in the world that produce commercial airplanes,
- Smith saidNBC Newsnbcnews.com/politics/politics…
This standard sets a high bar for child privacy and AI safety, and we’ll extend this agreement to every school district across the country,
- Brad Smith, Microsoft’s vice chair and president, said in a statementThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/microso…
Sometimes you have to restructure a business when it's not doing well, and that was true with our Xbox business,
- Microsoft's president Brad Smith recently told the BBCBBCbbc.com/news/articles…
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The Hillthehill.com/policy/technology…Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president, outlined the company’s plan at an event on Tuesday near the White House titled Community-First AI Infrastructure
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