Ed Davey calls for nuclear-style non-proliferation treaty to halt superintelligent AI
nordicinst · x · 2026-09-22
Per The Guardian, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey will use his keynote at the party's Brighton conference to call for a global, nuclear-style non-proliferation treaty to pause superintelligent AI development. He plans to propose a new international AI safety agency modelled on the IAEA and headquartered in the UK, arguing "we didn't leave the atom bomb to a few billionaires to police themselves." He also accuses Labour's Andy Burnham of relying on Donald Trump and "tech bros" to solve the problem, amid researcher warnings that AI could pose existential risks within a decade.
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