UK Minister Urges AI Safeguards After 70 Lawmakers Back Superintelligence Ban

3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Sep 15

Louise Haigh will tell the TUC Congress on Tuesday that ministers must take AI warnings seriously while pursuing the technology’s benefits for public services, health and the economy.
Three Anthropic researchers warned AI could wipe out humanity within a decade, prompting Anthropic, OpenAI and Google DeepMind to press for tighter rules on the most powerful systems and more international coordination.
Jack Clark, an Anthropic co-founder, said a third-party AI “kill switch” might eventually need to be mandatory, though Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds rejected that debate as unhelpfully “hyperbolic” and argued regulation must stay proportionate.
A parliamentary human rights committee on Monday called for a new UK AI framework, including an independent oversight body, as it cited risks from face-scanning, deepfakes and unfair workplace discipline.
More than 70 MPs and peers also backed a bill to ban artificial superintelligence, underscoring growing pressure on the government to move from case-by-case oversight toward dedicated AI legislation.