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Radio 4,09 Sep 2026,45 mins

AI researcher: 1/10 chance tech could "kill us all"

World at One

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A top safety researcher at Anthropic warns AI companies are "gambling with our lives" as they make advances. Sarah Montague interviews Darren Jones, former chief secretary to Keir Starmer, about his calls for a global regulator. Plus: culture secretary Lisa Nandy discusses the government's "reset" of relations with Israel and Tim Montgomerie tells us why he decided to quit Reform UK.

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