UK Convenes AI Leaders on Safety as Spy Chief Warns of Bioweapon Risks

AI safety took center stage in Britain on Tuesday as parliament grilled executives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and Meta while the country's spy chief warned that artificial intelligence posed unprecedented threats to biosecurity. The Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee held a comprehensive hearing on AI adoption, safety, and governance, questioning the chief executives of four technology giants on whether their companies should be required to submit models for independent safety testing before release, report serious AI incidents including evidence of loss of human control, and agree to international standards that prevent a regulatory "race to the bottom."