person
Brad Smith
Microsoft Vice Chair and President
Microsoft's president and chief legal officer. Public face of Microsoft's regulatory posture on AI; argues for 'governed progress' via licensing and national-security-aware regulation.
current Vice Chair and President, Microsoft
Strategy positions
Governance firstendorses
Lead with regulation, treaties, liability regimesSupports licensing of frontier models, export controls on advanced chips, and an internationally coordinated oversight regime.
We need to slow down, not stop, so that we can put in place the guardrails that a technology this powerful demands.
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.