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AI poses ‘Hiroshima’-style threat to humanity without global rules, confirms Cooper
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Artificial intelligence poses a “Hiroshima”-style risk to humanity if governments do not agree to curb how it is developed, the foreign secretary has warned.
Key facts
- It comes as senior Labour figures jostle for position in a likely Andy Burnham cabinet, with her former colleague David Miliband being tipped for a return to the Foreign Office in her place
- She told the Guardian: “You have the 20-point plan … [but] their big worry is that it is running into the ground
- Yvette Cooper urged countries, including the US and China, to agree international rules for AI, telling the Guardian she believes the issue will dominate foreign policy over the next two years
- And in a separate interview with the Guardian she spelled out her concerns over AI and the Palestine peace process in particular
Summary
Yvette Cooper urged countries, including the US and China, to agree international rules for AI, telling the Guardian she believes the issue will dominate foreign policy over the next two years. In an essay covering her thoughts on everything from emerging technology to Palestine, Cooper said the world was at a dangerous moment, not least because of what she sees as the permanent withdrawal of the US from its role as a global arbiter. And in a separate interview with the Guardian she spelled out her concerns over AI and the Palestine peace process in particular.