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The former PM has written to her successor ahead of next week’s summit at Bletchley Park The prime minister defended inviting China to next week’s AI safety summit.Rishi Sunak told an audience in central London:We’re bringing together the world’s leading representatives, from civil society to the companies pioneering AI and the countries most advanced in using it.And yes, we’ve invited China.The Holodomor is a Ukrainian word that means to inflict death by hunger. Le

Deprived of a legacy, the PM hopes we might at least remember him as having stated the obvs about the techWe are now into uncharted ontological and epistemological territory. Deep into the metaphysical world. How would you know if Rishi Sunak was giving a speech on artificial intelligence? Could you ever really know that it was him? Or even if there really is a him? And could you differentiate the words from those generated by ChatGPT on an off-day?Artificial intelligence has progressed exponent

Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is a permanent scientific research base located at what is arguably the most isolated place on Earth. During the austral summer, the station is home to about 150 scientists and support staff, but during the austral winter, that number shrinks to just 40 or so, and those people are completely isolated from the rest of the world from mid-February until late October. For eight months, the station has to survive on its own, without deliveries of food, fuel, s

The former PM has written to her successor ahead of next week’s summit at Bletchley Park The prime minister defended inviting China to next week’s AI safety summit.Rishi Sunak told an audience in central London:We’re bringing together the world’s leading representatives, from civil society to the companies pioneering AI and the countries most advanced in using it.And yes, we’ve invited China.The Holodomor is a Ukrainian word that means to inflict death by hunger. Le

PM says institute will test new types of AI for range of risks but says pause in developing powerful models is not feasibleUK politics live – latest updatesRishi Sunak has announced the establishment of a UK AI safety institute but has declined to support a moratorium on advanced development of the technology.The prime minister said the institute would be a world first and would test new types of AI for a range of risks from generating misinformation to posing an existential threat. Contin

The PM announced an AI safety institute during a speech in London but said the UK would not be heavy-handed with regulationThe Ukrainian embassy in the UK has thanked the Welsh parliament for recognising the Holodomor in Ukraine in the 1930s as genocide.Members of the Senedd backed a motion describing the Holodomor as an “act of genocide” and “a predetermined crime committed and led by Stalin and the Soviet government against the people of Ukraine”The Holodomor is a Ukrai

The intelligent birds, thought to be a nuisance by some, learn from consequences and can recognize resemblance between objectsA new study has found that the way pigeons problem-solve matches artificial intelligence.Often overlooked as a nuisance, pigeons are actually highly intelligent animals that can remember faces, see the world in vivid colors, navigate complex routes, deliver news and even save lives. Continue reading...

Sunak giving speech aton how technology should be regulatedRishi Sunak said that the government would not “rush to regulate” AI.He said that states should not rely on private companies “marking their own homework, as many of those working on this would themselves agree, not least because only governments can properly assess the risks of national security”.And only nation states have the power and legitimacy to keep their people safe.The UK’s answer is not to rush to

MIT professor behind influential letter says unchecked development is allowing a few AI firms to jeopardise society’s futureA handful of tech companies are jeopardising humanity’s future through unrestrained AI development and must stop their “race to the bottom”, according to the scientist behind an influential letter calling for a pause in building powerful systems.Max Tegmark, a professor of physics and AI researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said t

While tech startups weather a dip in funding, generative AI reaps rewards at companies from Meta to MicrosoftA handful of tech companies are jeopardising humanity’s future through unrestrained AI development and must stop their “race to the bottom”, according to the scientist behind an influential letter calling for a pause in building powerful systems.Max Tegmark, a professor of physics and AI researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said the world was “w

Government document says impossible to rule out technology poses existential threatArtificial intelligence brings new dangers to society that must be addressed “head on”, the prime minister will warn on Thursday, as the government admitted it could not rule out the technology posing an existential threat.Rishi Sunak will refer to the “new opportunities” for economic growth offered by powerful AI systems but will also acknowledge they bring “new dangers” includ