‘No reasonable person’ can expect China to play by AI rules: Truss October 26, 2023 Liz Truss has urged Rishi Sunak to rescind China’s invite to the government’s landmark summit on artificial intelligence (AI) next week. The short-lived former Prime Minister wrote to her successor asking him to reconsider extending the invitation to Xi Jinping’s government in Beijing. Sunak plans to host foreign government representatives, including US vice-president Kamala Harris, [...]
Rishi Sunak: UK shouldn’t ‘rush to regulate’ AI despite dossier of dangers October 26, 2023 Rishi Sunak has said the UK “shouldn’t be in a rush to regulate” the development of artificial intelligence (AI) despite a dossier of potential dangers laid out by the government. The Prime Minister made a speech on the risks and rewards of the new technology at the Royal Society this morning ahead of the UK’s [...]
No10: We can’t rule out AI posing ‘existential threat’ to humanity October 25, 2023 No10 says it is unable to rule out artificial intelligence (AI) posing an “existential threat” to humanity.
Nadine Dorries claims big tech firms are ‘too powerful’ and have secret ‘dials’ to control the internet October 25, 2023 Former culture secretary Nadine Dorries claimed “Big Tech” is “becoming too powerful in all areas of daily life”.
Brandon Lewis: Former Tory chairman to join firm co-founded by sanctioned Russian billionaires October 25, 2023 Lewis will join the London-based firm, co-founded by billionaires Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven, as an advisor.
Five pledges: How is Rishi Sunak doing after one year in No10? October 25, 2023 Just 12 months ago today, Rishi Sunak made history. Entering No10, on 25 October, 2022, he became the UK’s first British Asian and Hindu Prime Minister – and took over from his record-breaking predecessor after just 49 days. Since then, he’s lost five by-elections; visited Ukraine, the US and Israel, and seen his personal poll [...]
Sunak says al-Ahli hospital blast ‘likely caused’ by Gaza missile, not Israel October 23, 2023 Sunak told MPs British intelligence had assessed the evidence following the hospital explosion and that the government had now judged that Israel was “likely” not responsible.
Israel-Gaza latest: Sunak warns of ‘contagion of conflict’ as UK terror risk could grow October 22, 2023 Rishi Sunak has warned that the international community needs to do everything possible to “stop a contagion of conflict” amid the Israel-Hamas war. The Prime Minister, who visited Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt this week, said: “The overwhelming view I got from everyone I spoke to this week was that we need to do everything [...]
Jeremy Hunt could quit as MP as Tory fears grow over Labour landslide October 22, 2023 Jeremy Hunt is reportedly expected to stand down as an MP ahead of the next general election, in fear of a ‘Portillo moment’.
A historic night for Labour as pattern of wider victory emerges October 20, 2023 Speaking after the recent Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election victory, a delighted Keir Starmer told activists they had “blown the doors off”. Today, with two history-making wins under the belts in Tamworth, Staffordshire, and leafy commuter belt Mid Bedfordshire, they’ve gone and done it again – bigger. Huge majorities were overturned. Polling guru Professor Sir [...]