Not enough, Andy
The Lib Dems go nuclear as PM heads to UN.
Good morning,
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Happening Today 📆
Manchester X New York: Donald Trump and Andy Burnham will meet for the first time this evening on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. In a speech later today Burnham will call on countries to work together on AI, giving a new US-UK defence partnership as an example. AI minister Kanishka Narayan is also travelling to the UN. (More below).
Stop it: Ed Davey will call for a new International AI Safety Agency, modelled on the international nuclear watchdog, and a pause on the development of "super intelligent" AI at the Lib Dem Party Conference. The party will also pass a flagship tech policy motion. (More below).
Events, dear reader: It's Civo Navigate at Convene, Bishopsgate. Say hi to reporter Amelia Isaacs who will be covering it for us. OpenAI, meanwhile, hosts a workshop for policymakers this morning at its King's Cross office.
In today's edition:
✈️ Andy Burnham heads to New York for AI talks as the Lib Dems urge him to go much further on safety
🕑 The ONS is working out a new way to measure AI's impact on the economy, but it won't be ready until 2028
