UK must heed AI experts' warnings, says Louise Haigh

UK First Secretary Louise Haigh said ministers must listen to industry warnings about AI risks while using the technology's potential. The remarks followed Anthropic researchers' warning that AI could destroy humanity within a decade and a call for a global slowdown in AI development.

• Anthropic warned of existential AI threat, urged global slowdown
• OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Elon Musk backed coordination call
• Parliamentary human rights committee demanded independent AI regulator
• Business minister Jonathan Reynolds urged avoiding AI risk hyperbole