How did the AI summit go?
Far better than some had predicted. In the run up to the AI Safety summit – held last week at Bletchley Park, the wartime codebreaking complex in Buckinghamshire – there was much speculation that key guests hadn’t confirmed and no big-hitters would show up. Self-styled China hawks in the Conservative party, and some US politicians, grumbled that the Chinese shouldn’t be invited. Other sceptics sneered at the UK’s over mighty ambition in attempting to take the lead on such a vital global issue as the regulation of artificial