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The power of AI is worrying senior Labour figures – as is the fear of ‘falling behind the public’

Westminster appears to be waking up to warnings over AI safety, with concerns over its use by extremist groups and bad actors“I have this sense that, within a few months, AI is going to be all anyone is talking about,” said one cabinet minister, with an ominous stare.It was Labour conference, with everyone from ministers

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To unlock Britain’s innovation potential, Labour needs to think outside the box | Letters

Kate Fleming says the government must look beyond the models it rewards today, while Jenny Haigh says unlocking potential means recognising that creativity and science are partnersGordon Brown wants Britain to invent, invest in and own the future (British households would be £5,000 richer if we were more innovative. Let’s unleash our talents, 9 October). But

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Palantir and Sadiq Khan drop legal battle over Met contract

Dispute related to claims London mayor blocked US tech firm from £50m police deal because of concerns over its valuesPalantir and the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, have called off their legal fight over claims the Labour mayor was blocking the US tech company from signing a contract with the Metropolitan police because of its values

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Burnham accepts Brexit result ‘legitimate’ despite Russian interference, says No 10 – UK politics live

PM ‘absolutely accepts referendum result’, says spokespersonBurnham to urge MPs to embrace closer ties with EUZia Yusuf, Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson, is speaking now. He started his speech with an account of a 73-year-old woman dying in North Wales after having to wait 23 hours for an ambulance, and he sought to link this

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UK to strengthen cyber defences as minister calls for AI firms to increase safety efforts

Kanishka Narayan to say Britain cannot rely entirely on tech companies amid rising global concern over AI dangersCompanies building the most advanced AI systems must increase safety efforts, the UK’s AI minister will say, as he announces a strengthening of Britain’s cyber defences.Kanishka Narayan will call on companies developing frontier AI to do more to

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‘Gaza is a moral tear in the universe’: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast

Are we really living through ‘end-times fascism’? Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor think so.In a new series from the Guardian, the pair speak to Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty in an extended interview. From Trump 2.0 and the rise of the tech billionaires to Gaza and the climate emergency, Klein and Taylor argue we are

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UK must not be beholden to foreign AI, says head of Alan Turing Institute

George Williamson says ‘national resilience’ is key focus of ATI amid US and China’s runaway leadership in fieldThe UK must not become dependent on foreign AI systems that can be switched off at short notice and must develop its own versions of the technology, according to the head of the Alan Turing Institute.The country needs

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