Bank of England governor urges global cooperation on AI threats
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Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has called for international cooperation to address growing threats from artificial intelligence, warning that the United States cannot achieve its security ambitions alone. Bailey made the comments in an interview with the Guardian before a speech at the annual Mansion House dinner in London. He said governments must work together to prevent bad actors from obtaining powerful digital tools, and argued for stronger coordinated testing of frontier AI models. Bailey’s remarks follow a temporary ban by the Trump administration on foreigners using Anthropic’s Claude Mythos model, which experts have warned poses potential cyber threats. The ban was lifted weeks later, but Bailey said the US should recognize that it cannot secure itself against cyber threats without global cooperation. Separately, Demis Hassabis, the British Nobel laureate and Google Deepmind entrepreneur, called for a US-led global AI watchdog to test advanced models and slow their development if risks are too high.
What’s reported
Andrew Bailey called for international cooperation to tackle AI threats.
He warned the US and Trump administration cannot achieve their ambitions alone.
The Trump administration temporarily banned foreigners from using Anthropic’s Claude Mythos model; the ban was later lifted.
Bailey said stronger coordinated testing is needed to ensure AI models are safe.
He stated: “No country can seal itself off from the cross-border nature of systems that are prevalent today.”
Demis Hassabis called for a US-led global AI watchdog to test advanced models.
Hassabis suggested an AI model with human-level cognitive capabilities is “probably only a few short years away.”
Key figures
Andrew Bailey, Bank of England governor
Donald Trump, US president
Rachel Reeves, chancellor of the Exchequer
Andy Burnham, set to be confirmed as Labour leader and prime minister
Demis Hassabis, British Nobel laureate and Google Deepmind entrepreneur
Sources: The Guardian
