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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Alexandra Topping and Peter Walker

Halt super-intelligent AI with non-proliferation treaty, Ed Davey to say

Davey picking up litter while looking at camera with people either side with pebbled beach, sea and sky behind
Ed Davey on the beach at Brighton during the Lib Dems’ party conference, where he is expected to lay out plans for a new international AI safety agency. Photograph: Phil Lewis/SOPA Images/Shutterstock

Ed Davey is to call for a global nuclear-style non-proliferation treaty to halt the development of super-intelligent AI when he makes his keynote speech at the Liberal Democrat conference, accusing Andy Burnham of relying on Donald Trump and “tech bros” to solve the problem.

When he addresses the faithful on the final day of the gathering in Brighton, the party leader will call for a global pause on super-intelligent AI, comparing it to a nuclear arms race that could result in technology that could “destroy us all”.

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