In September a former Anthropic researcher made global headlines with a dire warning about the destructive potential of emerging AI models. The heads of leading, rival developers OpenAI and Anthropic quickly stepped in with an extraordinary call for governments to regulate the new technology for safety, and to slow down development.
\r\nHow real are the concerns about what AI agents could potentially do, and what powers and expertise does the UK have to keep pace with the development of frontier models?
\r\nOn Tuesday 13 October the Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee will question former OpenAI and Anthropic researchers on the risks and reality of current AI development models, before putting their views to directors at OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Google DeepMind, and then to UK Government officials.
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\r\nThe Committee has also begun written questioning of the UK Minister for Artificial Intelligence, Kanishka Narayan, on the Government’s approach to the fast-moving situation.
\r\nAreas of questioning will include:
\r\nRt Hon Liam Byrne MP, Chair of the Committee, said:
\r\n“AI could transform our prosperity, public services and scientific progress, freeing up time for all of us to focus on the things that matter.
\r\n“But when powerful systems go wrong, we know from bitter experience that it’s the public that pays the price and taxpayers that pick up the bill.
\r\n“So we need to get to the bottom of who is checking these systems, when those checks begin, and whether Britain’s safety experts have the power sound the alarm and stop the harm when things go wrong.”
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