Britain pushes G20 AI standards
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Britain sought to lead G20 efforts to set global AI standards, while industry leaders urged U.S.-China coordination but said an agreement was unlikely and applicability to developing countries remained disputed.
Keep your expectations low for this week’s visit of XI to the United States when it comes to AI regulation.
But be aware of how high are the stakes for humanity.
Here's what you should know. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/xi-and-the-dilemma-of-ai
But be aware of how high are the stakes for humanity.
Here's what you should know. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/xi-and-the-dilemma-of-ai
September 22, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Keep your expectations low for this week’s visit of XI to the United States when it comes to AI regulation.
But be aware of how high are the stakes for humanity.
Here's what you should know. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/xi-and-the-dilemma-of-ai
But be aware of how high are the stakes for humanity.
Here's what you should know. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/xi-and-the-dilemma-of-ai
by Thom Brooks
Prime Minister Andy Burnham is right to call for work towards a set of global principles and standards to “ensure that AI development is safe” - time for all to come together and address this major challenge.
September 23, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Prime Minister Andy Burnham is right to call for work towards a set of global principles and standards to “ensure that AI development is safe” - time for all to come together and address this major challenge.
"World leading" pt 294g
BBC News - UK to fight Russian disinformation and push new global AI standards, Burnham says
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UK to fight Russian disinformation and push new global AI standards, Burnham says
The UK could act as "an honest broker" on AI and other global challenges, the prime minister tells world leaders at the UN.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 23, 2026 at 9:41 AM
"World leading" pt 294g
Reposted by Patrick Dunleavy
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham says he plans to use the UK's upcoming G20 presidency to broker a global AI governance deal, ahead of the UN General Assembly (Politico)
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September 22, 2026 at 1:05 PM
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham says he plans to use the UK's upcoming G20 presidency to broker a global AI governance deal, ahead of the UN General Assembly (Politico)
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Excellent and ambitious paper on 'AI-Assurance Ecosystems: Building the Infrastructure to Enable Confident Adoption of Safe AI' ...
institute.global/insights/tec... #Assurance #AI #Ecosystem
institute.global/insights/tec... #Assurance #AI #Ecosystem
institute.global
September 22, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Excellent and ambitious paper on 'AI-Assurance Ecosystems: Building the Infrastructure to Enable Confident Adoption of Safe AI' ...
institute.global/insights/tec... #Assurance #AI #Ecosystem
institute.global/insights/tec... #Assurance #AI #Ecosystem
"Any [US-China] A.I. talks will be complicated by the fact that neither country is likely to agree to anything that restrains their own competitive ability, Mr. Mehta said."
Trump and Xi to Discuss A.I. Risks and Competition at US-China Summit (Gift Article)
Artificial intelligence is on the agenda when leaders from the United States and China meet this week. But with little consensus on a path forward, expectations are limited.
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2026 at 4:04 PM
"Any [US-China] A.I. talks will be complicated by the fact that neither country is likely to agree to anything that restrains their own competitive ability, Mr. Mehta said."
The issue with AI was never that the average wage of the employed might go down. On the contrary, as productivity increases some of that increase will be captured by the employed labor.
September 22, 2026 at 1:46 PM
The issue with AI was never that the average wage of the employed might go down. On the contrary, as productivity increases some of that increase will be captured by the employed labor.
Reposted by Christina Ho
Back in 2023, deep-pocketed Effective Altruist funders launched a remarkably successful takeover of DC tech policy: today we're seeing the results in the form of "AI safety efforts tightly focused on distant existential doom, not AI taking jobs, scamming people, or harming the environment today."
How a billionaire-backed network of AI advisers took over Washington
A sprawling network spread across Congress, federal agencies and think tanks is pushing policymakers to put AI apocalypse at the top of the agenda — potentially boxing out other worries and benefiting...
www.politico.com
September 22, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Back in 2023, deep-pocketed Effective Altruist funders launched a remarkably successful takeover of DC tech policy: today we're seeing the results in the form of "AI safety efforts tightly focused on distant existential doom, not AI taking jobs, scamming people, or harming the environment today."
Reposted by Suresh Venkatasubramanian
New in @foreignaffairs.com with @claroche.bsky.social: even if efforts to control the bomb may be a source of inspiration, they are not a ready-made template for AI governance.
On the limits of the AI-nuclear weapons analogy.
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On the limits of the AI-nuclear weapons analogy.
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The Trouble With the Nuclear-AI Analogy
In humanity’s quest to constrain the dangers from fast-advancing artificial intelligence, many have looked to the most revolutionary technology that preceded it: nuclear weapons.
www.foreignaffairs.com
September 22, 2026 at 2:55 PM
New in @foreignaffairs.com with @claroche.bsky.social: even if efforts to control the bomb may be a source of inspiration, they are not a ready-made template for AI governance.
On the limits of the AI-nuclear weapons analogy.
Gift link: www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...
On the limits of the AI-nuclear weapons analogy.
Gift link: www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...
My updated article on challenges of AI includes a new section on laws to maintain human responsibility for corporations. The public may have an interest in ensuring that the corporate economy is controlled by people who can be held responsible for their decisions.
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An Economic Perspective on the Potential Challenges of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) has enormous potential to transform our world, for better or worse, in ways that defy our comprehension. But we must try to understand the possible impacts of AI, lest its...
substack.com
September 22, 2026 at 5:53 PM
My updated article on challenges of AI includes a new section on laws to maintain human responsibility for corporations. The public may have an interest in ensuring that the corporate economy is controlled by people who can be held responsible for their decisions.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
I am really surprised he didn't call AI 'American Intelligence'....
September 22, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I am really surprised he didn't call AI 'American Intelligence'....
by Andrew Yool
Hasn't someone done the obvious thing yet and taught the #AI 🤖 to play noughts and crosses, followed up with some iterative rounds of Global Thermonuclear War? I mean it worked for Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy.
#WarGames
#WarGames
AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack
But the military's overall use of AI seems to be accelerating.
arstechnica.com
September 22, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Again, I would genuinely care less about all of this if not for the fact that proponents of weirdo rationalist/EA ideas about how preventing AI from killing us all is The Most Important Thing are now incredibly powerful and wealthy, and will likely get way more so with the Anthropic/OpenAI IPOs.
September 22, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Again, I would genuinely care less about all of this if not for the fact that proponents of weirdo rationalist/EA ideas about how preventing AI from killing us all is The Most Important Thing are now incredibly powerful and wealthy, and will likely get way more so with the Anthropic/OpenAI IPOs.
Reposted by Peter Thorne
The cool thing about AI is that it finally ended that annoying trend where electronics got less expensive year after year.
September 23, 2026 at 4:00 AM
The cool thing about AI is that it finally ended that annoying trend where electronics got less expensive year after year.
Working people are worried about what an AI future would look like. Not doomsday—but privacy, discrimination and job replacement.
That’s why America’s unions fight for AI guardrails in the workplace and in our contracts to protect our jobs and rights.
That’s why America’s unions fight for AI guardrails in the workplace and in our contracts to protect our jobs and rights.
How Unions Are Confronting A.I. Threats in the Workplace
The machinists union shows how workers are negotiating for a say in the ways artificial intelligence is used in their workplaces.
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Working people are worried about what an AI future would look like. Not doomsday—but privacy, discrimination and job replacement.
That’s why America’s unions fight for AI guardrails in the workplace and in our contracts to protect our jobs and rights.
That’s why America’s unions fight for AI guardrails in the workplace and in our contracts to protect our jobs and rights.
Reposted by Massimo Faggioli
Biggest increase in AI usage in 'global north' countries?
- Shopping
Global south countries? - School
- Shopping
Global south countries? - School
September 22, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Biggest increase in AI usage in 'global north' countries?
- Shopping
Global south countries? - School
- Shopping
Global south countries? - School
Reposted by Nicholas A. Christakis
This evening @nachristakis.bsky.social taking us through evolution, human societies and our near endless capacity to cooperate, but also, how will we evolve with AI in the mix?
September 22, 2026 at 8:13 PM
This evening @nachristakis.bsky.social taking us through evolution, human societies and our near endless capacity to cooperate, but also, how will we evolve with AI in the mix?