The push for an AI Security Bill
The safety crowd spots its chance.
Happy Tuesday,
Thanks for all the feedback on yesterday's piece. Today I pledge to never write a power list again.
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Happening Today 📆
Questions: ARIA CEO Kathleen Fisher faces questions from the Lords Science and Technology Committee at 10:15am. Expect them to cover regional R&D funding and how the research agency is delivering economic growth.
Change of mind: Matt Clifford resigned as ARIA chair yesterday to avoid "distraction" with his new Anthropic job. Clifford is stepping down on November 6th, making the announcement five days after saying he would stay on, with BIST and ARIA also stating last week that conflicts of interest could be managed. Secretary of State Jonny Reynolds gave no reason for the change of mind, but as argued last week, it was a very odd look for ARIA.
New council: A new membership body called the UK AI Council launches today for those working in AI. It aims to "bring together the full AI ecosystem in one place".
Commons: Labour MP Alex Sobel will put forward a bill in Parliament today to ban the development of "superintelligent" AI. It's the first legislation of its type in a G7 Parliament (more below).
Back to school: The Education Committee speaks to unions, academics and examiners on AI's impact on education from 10am.
Lift-off: The government launches its space strategy this morning, pledging to invest £7.8bn by 2030.
In today's edition:
✋ The push for an AI Security Bill reaches the Commons (and the Cabinet).
☁️ The CMA wants the government to back UK cloud providers
