Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Labour has said it would urgently introduce binding requirements for companies developing powerful artificial intelligence (AI) after Rishi Sunak said he would not “rush” to regulate the technology. The party has promised to […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak said the UK will continue to work closely with Egypt and Israel to ensure more British citizens can leave Gaza safely. The prime minister thanked Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi for […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Eyes will be turned toward the Bank of England’s forecasts for the UK economy on Thursday as decision-makers are expected to leave interest rates unchanged at 5.25 per cent. With the economy weak […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak has said the world owes it to younger generations to grip the risks of artificial intelligence (AI) “early enough” ahead of his appearance at the UK’s tech summit. The Prime Minister […] More
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Boris Johnson asked whether Covid could be killed by blowing a hairdryer up the nose, according to his former top adviser Dominic Cummings. The theory was quickly dismissed at the time by scientists […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The discussions between experts at the AI Safety Summit have avoided killer robot concerns and been more “measured” than expected, one delegate has said. Poppy Gustafsson, chief executive of AI cyber security firm […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email US vice president Kamala Harris said concerns about artificial intelligence (AI) safety had to go beyond “existential” fears about threats of cyber attacks or the development of bioweapons. The vice president, visiting the […] More
A former civil servant has said that Matt Hancock displayed “nuclear levels” of overconfidence and pretended to be a cricketer batting off challenges during the coronavirus pandemic.Helen MacNamara, who served as deputy cabinet secretary, told the Covid inquiry on Wednesday, 1 November, that she witnessed a “jarring” episode in Downing Street in April 2020.Ms MacNamara wrote in her statement that she tried to reassure Mr Hancock it must be “very hard” to be health secretary, to which he responded: “They bowl them at me, I knock them away” according to her testimony. More
