Could #AI wipe out humanity? The “Godfather of AI” @geoffreyhinton says yes — unless we build systems that are guaranteed to be benevolent.
He joins @KateEMcCann on #OneDecision to explain why we may already be losing control.
Full episode: https://t.co/HPc6UMlrgi
"Russia sent troops to Ukraine not to take territory but to liberate all Russians from political oppression."
Times Radios @kaitborsay clashes with Putin's Former Adviser to Vladimir Putin Sergei Markov over whether Russia is "liberating" territory from Ukraine.
HL: “What about Crimea? I mean, that was already ceded under Obama”
JP: “But Russia went into Crimea illegally. That annexation of Crimea was not recognised by the democratic world.”
John Pienaar challenges Republican donor Hal Lambert’s support for a Ukraine deal with Russia, arguing that conceding territory to Putin would reward illegal aggression.
“I can’t remember a time when this has happened, that this many people just walked out of the building.”
The “disarray” and “chaos” in the Pentagon is sending a “bad message” to the US’s allies, says former deputy assistant Secretary of Defense Mick Mulroy.
“I cannot think of self-inflicted wound of greater consequence than that tariff announcement.”
Political commentator @montie tells @JPonpolitics that despite being "a backer of Donald Trump", he believes the tariffs have the capacity to "overwhelm all the good he's doing".
“Donald Trump is so capricious in his decisions that today we might have big tariffs, tomorrow he might decide to take them all off.”
Trump's unpredictable approach to tariffs could harm the world economy, with Britain expected to be one of the hardest hit, says @ChrisGiles_ , Economics Commentator at the Financial Times.
“In the US it’s very clear. Tariffing your nearest and biggest trade partners will be inflationary.”
The UK could receive a "dumping" of Chinese imports after tariffs, whilst the US will struggle as small businesses lose consumer confidence, says @FrenchEconomics.
“The last couple of months... have damaged the chance of peace.”
Donald Trump is “not close at all” to a Russia-Ukraine peace deal and has only succeeded in playing to Putin’s agenda, says former head of the British Army Lord Dannatt.
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“An awful lot of people, primarily but not exclusively on the centre left of politics, have got quite a lot of words to eat.”
Keir Starmer faces an “embarrassing” return from recess over his previous comments on women in light of the Supreme Court ruling, says @AdamBoultonTABB.
The government’s British Steel bailout is a wake-up call for politicians who prioritised “the green agenda”, says @AFNeil.
He adds that Net Zero targets were adopted with “almost no debate.”
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“We will carry out a root-and-branch review of every line item of expenditure to find out what on earth is going on.”
Birmingham's bin strikes could be tackled with a DOGE-like approach to root out "wasteful spending, daft regulation, and over taxation", says @TiceRichard.
“The crisis at British Steel is exposing the dark side of doing business with China.”
There are “suspicions” Chinese owners of British Steel “deliberately” shut down blast furnaces at Scunthorpe Steelworks, says Times Radio’s @AdamBoultonTABB.
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“He’s going hell for leather to try and get the net zero process going, but as far as he's concerned he doesn't care what happens beyond that.”
Iain Duncan Smith criticises Ed Miliband for “turning a blind eye” to slave labour in the supply chain from China.
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