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Comment by Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

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Labour life peer and former Northern Ireland politician.
Even AI companies appear to agree with the scale of the risk. For example, the CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind signed a statement that others have referred to today about the extinction risk posed by AI.
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UK House of Lords, “AI Systems: Risks,” 8 January 2026.
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AI poses an existential threat to humanity
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AI Verified The quote explicitly treats AI extinction risk as real, supporting the existential-risk statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Recorded for; verified: It explicitly treats AI extinction risk as a serious, acknowledged risk. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Official Hansard records Baroness Ritchie's statement (8 Jan 2026). · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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