40 British MPs sign letter urging PM to ban development of superintelligent AI
ctjlewis · x · 2026-09-13
40 British MPs have signed a letter to Prime Minister Andy Burnham calling for a ban on the development of superintelligent AI. The repost frames it as a "pausing AI in Britain" movement, signaling organized political pressure on frontier AI development in the UK.
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