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UK govt counters AI superintelligence moratorium call with strategic safety push

By Frank Hersey ( January 29, 2026, 18:34 GMT | Insight) -- The best way to protect the UK from future AI harms is to progress an ambition to be a global leader in developing and deploying AI, a government minister told lawmakers on Thursday. The strategy was cited as a way to dismiss a call in the House of Lords, parliament’s upper chamber, to establish an international moratorium on the development of artificial superintelligence.The UK must strategically embrace AI to protect itself from potential harms that more advanced forms of AI could inflict, junior technology minister Liz Lloyd told lawmakers on Thursday....

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