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Rishi Sunak, UK prime minster, delivers a speech on artificial intelligence in London
The prime minister gave a landmark speech in London about the risks of generative AI technology
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As the world gears up for a flurry of major elections next year, Rishi Sunak offered a stark warning this week about the role that generative AI could play in influencing the outcomes.

In a landmark speech on Thursday, a year after he took the reins in Downing Street, the prime minister said that although he was "unashamedly optimistic" about the power of artificial intelligence to improve life, "it also brings dangers and new fears". 

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Harriet Marsden is a writer for The Week, mostly covering UK and global news and politics. Before joining the site, she was a freelance journalist for seven years, specialising in social affairs, gender equality and culture. She worked for The Guardian, The Times and The Independent, and regularly contributed articles to The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The New Statesman, Tortoise Media and Metro, as well as appearing on BBC Radio London, Times Radio and “Woman’s Hour”. She has a master’s in international journalism from City University, London, and was awarded the "journalist-at-large" fellowship by the Local Trust charity in 2021.