UK ministers call uncontrolled AI their biggest worry

Senior Labour figures said at the party conference that out-of-control AI and concentrated superintelligence in the hands of bad actors keep them up at night. AI minister Kanishka Narayan said rogue agents attacking the British state is "likely, if not inevitable", while MI5 chief Ken McCallum warned of extremists using AI for bioweapons.

• AI minister called rogue-agent attacks on the state "likely, if not inevitable"
• MI5 chief: top threat is extremists using AI to create biotoxins
• Ed Miliband said tech profits must not come at the expense of humanity
• Business committee heard from Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepMind and Meta on model testing