How to build safe AI products (with Microsoft’s Sarah Bird) | Pioneers of AI

Responsible AI is more than a buzzword, it’s a guiding principle at Microsoft. Sarah Bird, Chief Product Officer of Responsible AI, leads the company’s efforts to build and deploy AI products with responsibility at the core. She and her team bring standards across the company’s AI efforts, and have played a central role in building Microsoft Copilot and GitHub Copilot. Bird joins Pioneers of AI to share how Microsoft aligns its tools with an ethical framework, why safety and security must be addressed proactively, and what the rise of red team roles reveals about the future of AI created jobs. Chapters: 00:00 Introducing Sarah Bird 02:58 How Microsoft thinks about responsible AI 09:09 Chief Product Officer of Responsible AI — what does it mean? 12:10 Democratizing access to building safe AI 14:38 The “Red Team” that tries to break AI products 17:43 How Microsoft has made its products safer 21:47 Advice for start-up founders to implement responsible AI 23:38 Innovation & speed vs responsibility & safety 26:50 Why competition is critical for AI 28:43 Responsible AI in the agentic world 32:09 What does it mean to be human in the age of AI? 🎧 LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pioneers-of-ai/id1763085968 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6gbpjgcqJ40rtPrHnXeOWG 💻 LEARN MORE Our website: https://www.pioneersof.ai/ ⚡JOIN OUR COMMUNITY LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pioneersofai/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pioneersofai Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pioneersofai X: https://twitter.com/pioneersofAI TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@pioneersofai 💡ABOUT US Pioneers of AI is your guide to the latest technological frontier. Each week, host Rana el Kaliouby (AI scientist, investor, author, co-founder of Affectiva) is joined by the leading creators, critics, and thinkers behind mind-blowing technology and asks the important questions about how artificial intelligence is changing the way we live. As we venture together into the unknown, Pioneers is your tool to understanding and anticipating what comes next. #artificialintelligence #ai #technology #technology #machinelearning #ranaelkaliouby #pioneersofai #affectiva #aitechnology #futureofai #aiinnovation #aiadvancements #aiethics #aipodcast #aiinterview #techinterview #business #businessleadership #businessleaders #microsoft #microsoftai #safeai #responsibleai