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Halt super-intelligent AI with non-proliferation treaty, Ed Davey to say

Ed Davey is to call for a global nuclear-style non-proliferation treaty to halt the development of super-intelligent AI when he makes his keynote speech at the Liberal Democrat conference, accusing Andy Burnham of relying on Donald Trump and “tech bros” to solve the problem. When he addresses the faithful on the final day of the gathering in Brighton, the party leader will call for a global pause on super-intelligent AI, comparing it to a nuclear arms race that could result in technology that could “destroy us a…

By the Truvace desk2 min read1 sourceJournalismTRV-2026-1160· cite & verify
Halt super-intelligent AI with non-proliferation treaty, Ed Davey to say

In brief

Ed Davey is to call for a global nuclear-style non-proliferation treaty to halt the development of super-intelligent AI when he makes his keynote speech at the Liberal Democrat conference, accusing Andy Burnham of relying on Donald Trump and “tech bros” to solve the problem. When he addresses the faithful on the final day of the gathering in Brighton, the party leader will call for a global pause on super-intelligent AI, comparing it to a nuclear arms race that could result in technology that could “destroy us all”.

Davey is expected to lay out plans in his speech on Tuesday for a new international AI safety agency, modelled on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and headquartered in the UK, after numerous warnings from AI researchers that artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity within the decade. Davey is expected to call for a new global movement to work together to protect humanity from the risks of super-intelligent AI, saying that the IAEA was built by nations “working together to control a technology that could destroy us all”, but warning that the future of AI is being decided by “a tiny number of the richest and most powerful in California and in Beijing” with no guardrails to slow down development.

Main points

  1. Ed Davey is to call for a global nuclear-style non-proliferation treaty to halt the development of super-intelligent AI when he makes his keynote speech at the Liberal Democrat conference, accusing Andy Burnham of relying on Donald Trump and “tech bros” to solve the problem.
  2. When he addresses the faithful on the final day of the gathering in Brighton, the party leader will call for a global pause on super-intelligent AI, comparing it to a nuclear arms race that could result in technology that could “destroy us all”.
  3. Davey is expected to lay out plans in his speech on Tuesday for a new international AI safety agency, modelled on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and headquartered in the UK, after numerous warnings from AI researchers that artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity within the decade.

The problem

Davey is expected to call for a new global movement to work together to protect humanity from the risks of super-intelligent AI, saying that the IAEA was built by nations “working together to control a technology that could destroy us all”, but warning that the future of AI is being decided by “a tiny number of the richest and most powerful in California and in Beijing” with no guardrails to slow down development.

The rundown

Davey is expected to lay out plans in his speech on Tuesday for a new international AI safety agency, modelled on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and headquartered in the UK, after numerous warnings from AI researchers that artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity within the decade. “We didn’t leave the atom bomb to a few billionaires to police themselves,” he will say.

Sources

  1. JournalismThe Guardian2026-09-21

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