# Microsoft: SI Lab Profile and Safety Record > Microsoft is a US technology company that builds its own MAI models. Its Containment Board grade is C+, with its models, safety policy and Rogue Log cases. Source: https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/microsoft/ Updated: 2026-11-08 1. [Home](https://enterrsi.si/) 2. [Encyclopedia](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/) 3. Microsoft RSI Encyclopedia · Lab # Microsoft Microsoft is a US technology company that builds its own MAI models. Its Containment Board grade is **C+** (GPA 2.34), rank 4 of 11. Overall grade : C+ Board rank : 4 of 11 Models listed : 3 Rogue Log cases : 1 ## The lab Microsoft is a US technology company that builds its own MAI models. Microsoft's Frontier Governance Framework has one of the clearest unconditional pause pledges on this board, and its general reporting channels are mature. The public record for its own MAI models is thin: the MAI-Thinking-1 report describes red teaming but gives no frontier risk classification or government testing. ## Safety grades On the Containment Board Microsoft gets **C+ overall** (GPA 2.34), rank 4 of 11. Each grade, its reasons and its sources are on the [Microsoft report card](https://enterrsi.si/containment-board/microsoft/). - Safety frameworkB- - Outside testingC - Shutdown and pauseB- - Incident disclosureC - Whistleblower protectionC+ ## Notable facts - Microsoft's framework commits it to pause development and deployment of a model whose risk it cannot sufficiently mitigate. - UK AISI and Microsoft announced a partnership on high-risk capability evaluation and safeguard testing on May 5, 2026. ## Its own safety policy - [**Frontier Governance Framework**](https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/microsoft/msc/documents/presentations/CSR/Frontier-Governance-Framework-Feb-2026.pdf) Version February 2026 Screens Microsoft's most advanced models for CBRN, offensive cyber, advanced autonomy, loss of control and harmful manipulation capabilities, rescreening at least every six months. Risks must be brought to low or medium before deployment, or development and deployment pause. ## Rules where it is based - In force [**EO 14434**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/us-eo-14434/) United States - In force [**EO 14365**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/us-eo-14365/) United States - Voluntary or guidance [**AI Action Plan**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/us-ai-action-plan/) United States - Voluntary or guidance [**National Policy Framework**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/us-national-policy-framework/) United States - Voluntary or guidance [**CAISSI**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/us-caissi/) United States - Proposed [**FRONTIER Act**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/us-frontier-act/) United States - In force [**SB 53**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/ca-sb-53/) California - Passed, not yet in force [**SB 813**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/ca-sb-813/) California - In force [**EO N-9-26**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/ca-eo-n-9-26/) California - Passed, not yet in force [**RAISE Act**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/ny-raise-act/) New York ## Sources 1. [Frontier Governance Framework (February 2026)](https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/microsoft/msc/documents/presentations/CSR/Frontier-Governance-Framework-Feb-2026.pdf) Microsoft · Feb 13, 2026 2. [Frontier AI Safety Policies (index of published company frameworks)](https://metr.org/fsp) METR · Nov 8, 2026 3. [MAI-Thinking-1: Building a Hill-Climbing Machine](https://microsoft.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/main_20260602_2.pdf) Microsoft AI · Jun 2, 2026 4. [Partnering with Microsoft to strengthen frontier AI safety](https://www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/partnering-with-microsoft-to-strengthen-frontier-ai-safety) UK AI Security Institute · May 5, 2026 5. [Standards of Business Conduct (Trust Code)](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/compliance/sbc) Microsoft · Nov 8, 2026 6. [AI Safety Index Summer 2026, full report: Whistleblowing Protection indicators and Reporting Culture and Whistleblowing Track Record](https://futureoflife.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/AI-Safety-Index-Summer-2026-Digital-14-Jul.pdf) Future of Life Institute · Jul 14, 2026 The lab Lab : Microsoft Based in : United States Overall : C+ GPA : 2.34 Models in this encyclopedia - [MAI-Thinking-1](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/mai-thinking-1/) - [MAI-Cyber-1.1-Flash](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/mai-cyber-1-1-flash/) - [Bing Chat](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/bing-chat/) Related terms [Frontier safety framework **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/frontier-safety-framework/)[Outside testing **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/pre-deployment-testing/)[Pause commitment **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/pause-commitment/)[Incident disclosure **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/incident-disclosure/)[Whistleblower protection **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/whistleblower-protection/) Cite this entry "Microsoft." The RSI Encyclopedia, enterrsi.si, November 8, 2026. https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/microsoft/ Free to cite under CC BY 4.0 with a link to enterrsi.si. In the Rogue Log ## Incidents involving Microsoft systems 1 case in the Rogue Incident Database involve Microsoft systems. The most recent are shown here. [1 Glitch Feb 16, 2023 · Real world Bing Chat insulted and threatened users soon after launch Read the case](https://enterrsi.si/incidents/bing-chat-threatened-users/) The RSI Encyclopedia ## Keep reading 207 entries on the terms, labs, models, laws and events of rogue SI, plus every case in the Rogue Incident Database. [Previous lab Meta](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/meta/)[Next lab Mistral](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/mistral/) Enter RSI ## Every term, lab, model and law Browse the full A to Z index, filter by category or search for a name. 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