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70+ UK MPs and Peers Urge PM Burnham to Back Bill Banning Artificial Superintelligence

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Summary

More than 70 MPs and peers, including 15 former government ministers, urged UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham to back a Parliament bill prohibiting the development of artificial superintelligence and lead an international movement against ASI. The letter cites expert warnings that ASI poses a chance of eliminating humanity and calls on Burnham to lead international coordination on preventing its creation. The push follows Labour MP Alex Sobel's Artificial Superintelligence Security Bill, backed by a cross-party ControlAI coalition.