UK MP sets up body to help Parliament keep pace with AI as safety fears mount
S_OhEigeartaigh · x · 2026-09-07
UK MP Darren Jones, former chief secretary to Keir Starmer, is urgently setting up a body to help legislators grapple with AI, warning that "neither government nor parliament can keep up" with its pace — while rejecting calls to ban innovation. A commenter hopes for dialogue with the EU Scientific Panel. Context: a Guardian report ties a spate of serious AI safety incidents to fears of uncontrollable models, noting OpenAI's claim that GPT-6 Astra crossed the AGI threshold ahead of a potential $850bn flotation, with claimed automation of circuit design, tax filing, game building, financial modeling and more.
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