Microsoft CEO Nadella: Superintelligence Era Needs External AI Audits, Not Black Boxes

Nadella's call for external audits lands differently coming from a company whose own models are at the center of that trust question. The core admission — that outputs can't be traced back to training data or weights — is the real problem: it means accountability frameworks built for conventional software simply don't transfer, regardless of who is held responsible. The open question is whether audit mechanisms can be designed that are technically meaningful rather than reputational, and whether providers cede enough access for outside scrutiny to matter.