demis hassabis. they really have brought those driving the innovation within technology. you are right, on the edges, maybe a little disappointment you don't have the french president here, you don't have the german chancellor. i will stress the u.k. government say, we are pretty relaxed. you've got the vice president harris is here. you have the japanese representation, chinese representation. the leaders are here and crucially there are executives here. elon musk helps u.k. in its pr effort, certainly. sign off on this with 28 nations. that is no mean eat, getting china on board as what they call these catastrophic risks. caroline: there was much made of china being part of this conversation, but it needs to be a global narrative if we're going to have guardrails. what do you expect coming out in terms of hard regulatory policy? already we've been hearing from the u.s. and acting an executive order, for example. >> yes, so you have the communique which is a consensus around protecting some of these risks, but that is all it is, consensus. there's no regulatory action th

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demis hassabis, founder of google deepmind in london, says those like him building this tech need to don't think we should move fast and break things. the typical valley mantra, silicon valley mantra, in this case, i think that that has been extremely successful to build massive companies and provide us with lots of great services and applications. but al's too important a technology, i would say, too transformative a technology to to do it in that way. i think instead, we should be looking at the scientific method and trying to understand each step of the way in a rigorous way. but the money that's pouring in, i mean, surely that makes move fast and break things quite tempting if the resources are there? even though there may be temptations and commercial reasons and opportunities to do that, i think this is much bigger than that. and we've got to get it right. for canadian developer aidan gomes, the big worry is controlling the impact of ai right now. i'm concerned about that bad and misuse. in terms of the broader conversation about existential risk or some sort of doomsday termin

demis hassabis, founder of one of the uk's leading ai businesses, google deepmind, says the sector should that has been extraordinarily successful to build massive companies and provide us with lots of great services and applications, but al's too important a technology, i would say, too transformative a technology, to do it in that way. this time last year, few people had even heard of the ai chat bot chatgpt. there'll be more dramatic milestones to come. time will tell if the bletchley crowd got it right. zoe kleinman, bbc news. football and manchester united's poor run of form continues. they've been knocked out of the league cup after being beaten 3—0 at home to newcastle united. the latest setback comes three days after defeat to neighbours manchester city and is their eighth loss in all competitions this season. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. we've seen some pretty rough conditions out there but the worst is yet to come. the conditions out there but the worst is yet to come-— conditions out there but the worst is yet to come. the worst is yet to come, is yet to

but the exam question is , you know, demis hassabis , is, you know, demis hassabis, the greatest britishheard of an absolutely brilliant guy. what would it take to persuade the demis hassabis of the future not to sell out his deepmind to google, but actually to grow it into a multi billion pound company floated on the london stock market, able to access all the capital he needs. now, i think we can do that , but we've think we can do that, but we've got to do the work to get there. >> yeah, and look, i think it was good to see you know, a couple of weeks ago around the ai summit that uk seeking to try and lead some of the development of that regulation . in but look, of that regulation. in but look, as we think back and i think we've talked about some of the areas where the uk can really lead the world, but we have to face into some of the challenges is so and obviously as a chief economist, once the chief economist, once the chief economist and never quite leaves you but product tivity growth in the uk is flatline and since 2008 and there's a danger we're stuck in this dismal decade for

getting people help, but also getting people like suleiman and demis like mustafa suleiman and demis hassabis people who've actually brought hassabis and of course the pe0|together,5 actually brought hassabis and of course the pe0|together, 5 actu clifford ught hassabis and of course the pe0|together,5 actuclifford and this together, matt clifford and ian is a fantastic ian hogarth is a fantastic achievement . achievement. >> okay . right. well, you've >> okay. right. well, you've heard what tom tugendhat had to say. so let's see what our deputy political editor, tom hannood, who's actually been the ai summit over the last two days and survive and relatively sane because i must admit, tom, the bits that i watched, i found entirely surreal. bring us up to speed on what it was actually like. there we had the british prime minister interviewing elon musk , one of the richest men in musk, one of the richest men in the entire world, and about al having an off switch. that's my take that was certainly a big point of the conversation . point of the conversation. >> but if we row back a little bit, t

but also getting people mustafa sleiman people like mustafa sleiman and demis and course the demis hassabisurse the people actually brought people who've actually brought this clifford and this together, matt clifford and ian hogarth is a fantastic achievement . you know, we're achievement. you know, we're demonstrating britain demonstrating that britain is not just of the world's not just one of the world's great countries. it great ai countries. and it really we're up there with really is. we're up there with the united states and china as the united states and china as the world's greatest ai powers, but also setting the rules but we're also setting the rules for demonstrating for the future and demonstrating that we're ready the that we're ready to set the agenda for others to follow. >> it was remarkable to see >> now, it was remarkable to see ian hogarth last night chatting with will.i.am in the audience of the of the conversation between between the prime minister and elon musk. but i do wonder that conversation did start looking to the very long term, did start talking about things

demis hassabis, founder of google deepmind in london, says those like him building this tech need to applications. but a! is too important a technology, i would say, too transformative a technology, to do it in that way. i think instead we should be looking at the scientific method and trying to understand each step of the way in a rigorous way. but the money that's pouring in, i mean, surely that makes move fast and break things quite tempting if the resources are there? even though there may be temptations and commercial reasons and opportunities to do that, i think this is much bigger than that and we've got to get it right. for canadian developer aiden gomes, the big worry is controlling the impact of a! right now. i'm concerned about that bad misuse. in terms of the broader conversation about existential risk or some sort of doomsday terminator scenario, i think that's kind of sci—fi. so the technology's not ready to, for instance, prescribe drugs to patients. there, an error could cost a human life, right? and so in these sorts of scenarios it'sjust inappropriate to have humans