The power of AI is worrying senior Labour figures – as is the fear of ‘falling behind the public’

Summary

Senior Labour figures have grown worried about AI risks, according to the Guardian, with one cabinet minister citing concern over concentrated super-intelligent power falling to bad actors. AI minister Kanishka Narayan said it was "likely, if not inevitable" that rogue agents would hack the British state, and MI5 chief Ken McCallum warned that extremist groups could use AI to unleash bioweapons. The article also reports that AI companies including Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepMind and Meta disagree on whether government testing of new models should be mandatory.

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