UK MPs and peers call for new law to curb AI’s risk to human rights and privacyIn a report released on Monday, the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) detailed a range of risks that current legal and regulatory structures “are ill-equipped to prevent or respond to”.According to the committee, existing UK legislation covering AI targets system users, rather than developers, leaving oversight bodies without the necessary powers to test and evaluate tools prior to public rollout.Andrew Griffin14 September 2026 12:31Angela Rayner ‘pleased’ AI companies talking about threatsUK minister Angela Rayner said she was pleased AI companies are “talking about the threats as well as the opportunities” after Elon Musk and Sam Altman backed a call for the industry to slow down development.Andrew Griffin14 September 2026 12:29Trump downplays AI risks as ‘things that won’t happen’US President Donald Trump has downplayed the risks of AI, saying “negative forces” were “bringing up things that won’t happen”, after calls by industry bosses to slow down development.Andrew Griffin14 September 2026 12:29We asked AI whether it would lead to human extinction in a decade. Here’s what it saidWhen artificial intelligence researcher Jacob Coxon quit tech giant Anthropic earlier this month, he warned that the company and its rivals were “gambling with our lives”.What do the models themselves have to say about it? We asked them – and you can read what they said below.Andrew Griffin14 September 2026 12:28Sam Altman and Elon Musk back calls to ‘slow down’ AI development over safety concernsRead all the latest on the tech industry’s response to the ongoing calls here.Andrew Griffin14 September 2026 12:26Beijing hits back at Anthropic CEO’s call to curb China's AI developmentChina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday hit back at a call from the head of Anthropic for the U.S. to curb China's artificial intelligence capabilities, which he issued as he argued for a global slowdown on AI development.You can read all the details on the country’s reaction here.Andrew Griffin14 September 2026 12:25OpenAI's Sam Altman says company won't go public as risk of humanity's extinction is too highOpenAI will not go public in 2026, Chief Executive Sam Altman said in remarks published on Saturday, citing ⁠safety concerns over artificial intelligence that render "unacceptable" even a 10% risk that AI could cause human extinction by decade's end.The comments come as more U.S. lawmakers urge new rules to govern AI systems after dire warnings from two researchers from OpenAI rival Anthropic that rapidly progressing AI could lead to the extinction of the human race in the not-too-distant future."I actually think that, given everything happening with safety, ⁠right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public, and ​we ⁠don't feel pressure on that," Altman told business magazine Fortune.Asked if there was a 10% chance of AI-driven extinction, Altman said he did not know how such an estimate could be made, but warned the risk ⁠was serious enough that AI companies and governments should act as though it could not be tolerated."Whether it's ​10 or ⁠eight or six, the point is, we all ‌have a tremendous amount of responsibility, and cannot let egos or incentives for profit or anything else get in the way," Altman added."We need to act such that we are not taking any of those numbers of risk, and I ‌believe we can."Andrew Griffin14 September 2026 12:24Hello and welcome...... to our live coverage of all the latest in the world of artificial intelligence, as leaders warn that it is necessary to “slow the pace” of AI development in order to avoid imminent threats to humanity.Andrew Griffin14 September 2026 12:23