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AI 'Human Extinction' Warning

The government tells the UK's AI safety institute to refocus on defence, one year into Starmer's premiership, and can Britain rediscover the swagger and optimism of 1997's Britpop summer?

As the government tells the UK's AI safety institute to refocus on defence, we hear from a godfather of AI who tells Newsnight: "the worst case scenario is human extinction". Plus, one year into Starmer's premiership, and with Oasis back on stage, can Britain rediscover the swagger and optimism of 1997's Britpop summer?

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