Anthropic · OpenAI · China · Wall Street · United Kingdom · The Guardian Technology
Kanishka Narayan, the junior minister in charge of AI, was given a promotion and placed in the Cabinet Office
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The move alarmed some in the AI industry.
Key facts
- Dame Wendy Hall, a computer scientist who chaired a UK government AI review in 2017, said: “The structure was a bit bloated in DSIT, but the fragmentation they have now has had a much worse impact
- Earlier this month, Jacob Coxon, a 28-year-old researcher, resigned from his job at Anthropic, claiming the company was “gambling with their lives
- The first duty of government is to keep people safe,” said Chi Onwurah, the Labour MP who chairs the science and technology committee
- The Guardian has learned that in the former technology department, Emran Mian, the lead civil servant, had plans for AI to replace almost every civil servant in the department when they retired
Summary
Towards the end of Keir Starmer’s time in office, his senior ministers, alarmed by the latest developments in artificial intelligence, began drawing up plans for a new AI safety law. They ordered a review of existing legislation to see what powers they already had, according to those briefed on the plans, and were exploring whether they could force the world’s most advanced technology companies to submit their products for safety testing before launching them. In the midst of the political chaos that engulfed the former prime minister as he fought to remain in office, however, the plans fell by the wayside.