Mr Sunak headed to Washington lobbying for Britain to take a lead role in regulating AI. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak headed to Washington on Tuesday lobbying for Britain to take a lead role in regulating artificial intelligence , after a dire warning of the technology’s existential dangers.
The need for a coordinated response to AI was underlined by Downing Street task force advisor Matt Clifford, who warned the chances of the fast-learning systems wiping out humanity within two years were “not zero”. Underlining the US-UK military alliance at the heart of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation , Mr Sunak said their economic relationship should also be deployed to defend Western democracy.
On the Nato front, Mr Sunak has been talking up Defence Secretary Ben Wallace as the Western alliance seeks a new secretary-general at a summit in Lithuania in July.In Washington, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby would not be drawn on the possible candidacy of Mr Wallace – who faces challenges from countries pushing for a woman or eastern European to lead Nato for the first time.
But Mr Sunak, a keen cricketer, has ducked an invitation to throw the ceremonial first pitch at the baseball game – sparing his blushes if the throw goes astray in front of tens of thousands.
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