Jeremy Hunt acknowledged the latest GDP figures showing the UK economy entered a recession at the end of 2023 are “challenging” but insisted the Government’s plan is the “right thing to do” for growth in the long-term. “Our plan has been to tackle inflation. First and foremost, that does mean higher interest rates,” he told … Read more
A Terminator-style “loss of control” over artificial intelligence is the most concerning risk posed by the technology, the Science Secretary suggested this morning. Michelle Donelan said losing control of AI was the risk she was “most concerned about because it is the one that would result in the gravest ramifications”. She made the comments as … Read more
Oliver Dowden said he believed artificial intelligence is an “exciting, game changing opportunity” when it comes to potentially tackling some of humanity’s biggest problems. But the Deputy Prime Minister said the world needed to be “clear eyed about the risks associated with it”. Asked if there was much governments could do on AI beside issue … Read more
This doesn’t mean that the Government has made a mistake in rowing back on some of the stricter intermediate targets, or erred by giving the go-ahead to another round of North Sea oil and gas licensing. Most people can see that these things make sense. As Mr Justice Holgate intimated last week in dismissing a … Read more
5 October 2023 • 8:48am 8:48AM HS2 decision will not make investors more wary of UK, insists Sunak Rishi Sunak rejected the suggestion that his HS2 decision would make foreign businesses more wary of investing in Britain. “You know, I couldn’t disagree more,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. “I speak to global investors … Read more
D rivers and vehicle manufacturers have been told several different timelines for when the sale of conventionally fuelled cars will be banned in the UK. An initial date of 2040 was announced in July 2017 by then-environment secretary Michael Gove. He said the move was aligned with a target set out in the Conservative Party … Read more
Stephen Hawking once said, “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” And like it or not, the solution here is to embrace our burgeoning machine world with some level of acceptance and diligence. After all, who wants to be the person fumbling with a screen while a queue the length of the Dartford Crossing … Read more