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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Kiran Stacey and Dan Milmo

Labour head of Commons tech group warns No 10 not to ignore AI concerns

Chi Onwurah
Chi Onwurah: ‘It’s absolutely critical that the government shows it is on the side of people when it comes to technology.’ Photograph: Mark Thomas/REX/Shutterstock

Concerns about the safety of artificial intelligence are at risk of being ignored by ministers, the Labour head of the Commons technology committee has said, as the government delays regulating the industry to curry favour with Donald Trump.

Chi Onwurah, the chair of the cross-party committee, urged the government to bring forward the AI safety bill, which would require technology companies to hand over any large language models they build to UK regulators for testing.

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