The Promise Tracker · checked Nov 10, 2026
Microsoft is a US technology company that builds its own MAI models. It has made 6 public safety promises tracked here: 1 kept, 3 in progress, 2 no public evidence yet. Each one links to its primary source, and every Kept, Not met or Withdrawn status names the public source that reports it. On the Containment Board, Microsoft gets C+.
Every promise
The exact words when they are short enough, the primary source, the status with its own source, and the day each entry was checked.
Microsoft, Frontier Governance Framework
Exact words
"we will pause development and deployment until the point at which mitigation practices evolve to meet the risk"
Source Frontier Governance Framework (February 2026) Microsoft ·
In progress. No public record of a pause has been reported.
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Microsoft, Frontier Governance Framework
Exact words
"relevant evaluations, and the model's risk classification will be shared publicly"
Source Frontier Governance Framework (February 2026) Microsoft ·
No public evidence yet. The MAI-Thinking-1 technical report (Jun 2, 2026) gives safety benchmark results but no frontier risk classification.
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Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI
Exact words
"we are not building a superintelligence at any cost, with no limits"
Source Towards Humanist Superintelligence Microsoft AI ·
In progress. Microsoft's Frontier Governance Framework (Feb 2026) puts limits in writing, including a pause commitment.
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Microsoft, a signatory of the EU Code of Practice
Summary in our words
Source The General-Purpose AI Code of Practice: signatories European Commission ·
In progress. The European Commission lists the signature (page updated Oct 7, 2026); the EU AI Office has not published an assessment of compliance.
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Microsoft, a signatory of the Seoul commitments
Exact words
"publishing a safety framework focused on severe risks by the upcoming AI Summit in France"
Source Frontier AI Safety Commitments, AI Seoul Summit 2024 UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ·
Kept: reported by METR, whose index lists the Frontier Governance Framework from February 2025.
Frontier AI Safety Policies (index of published company frameworks) METR ·
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Microsoft, one of seven companies at the White House
Exact words
"internal and external security testing of their AI systems before their release"
Source Fact sheet: Biden-Harris Administration secures voluntary commitments from leading artificial intelligence companies to manage the risks posed by AI The White House (archived) ·
No public evidence yet. The MAI-Thinking-1 technical report (Jun 2, 2026) names no outside tester of dangerous capabilities.
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The Containment Board
Rank 4 of 11 on five safety commitments, every grade sourced. The board grades what is in place today; this page follows what was promised.
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"Microsoft safety promises." The Promise Tracker, enterrsi.si, checked November 10, 2026. 6 promises. https://enterrsi.si/promises/microsoft/
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