U.K. AI Minister Calls for Global Defenses After Extinction-Level Risk Warning
· World · Fortune, BBC News
U.K. Minister for AI Kanishka Narayan has urged nations to 'harden and build defenses' against frontier AI risks after former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon warned of a human extinction-level event within the decade. Coxon's post on X, seen 175 million times, claimed that AI developers 'earnestly believe it could kill us all by the end of the decade,' a view echoed by Anthropic scientist Evan Hubinger, who put the risk above 10%. Narayan, speaking at the Labour Party's annual conference, said lab workers' warnings must be taken seriously and that testing alone is insufficient. He said the U.K. aims to convene G20 nations next year during its presidency to shape global AI governance principles. The remarks come as U.S. President Donald Trump has dismissed AI risk concerns as a hoax and warned that regulating frontier labs would hand China a strategic advantage.
Why it matters
The U.K. is positioning itself as a neutral broker in the emerging global AI governance debate, which could shape international regulation that affects AI companies operating in India. The widening gap between the U.K.'s precautionary stance and the U.S.'s deregulation push may force countries like India to choose sides on how frontier AI models are monitored and deployed.
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