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Comment by Joanna Shields

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Director of the Responsible AI Future Foundation and former UK minister for internet safety and security.
Frontier AI capability sits overwhelmingly in the hands of a few companies headquartered mainly in the United States and China. Every other nation participates by permission, not by right. That permission can be withdrawn arbitrarily in an instant.
AI Verified (Jul 23, 2026)
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Baroness Shields, UK House of Lords debate, “Digital and Technology Policy: National Sovereignty,” July 23, 2026.
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AI Verified Shields says a few AI companies control frontier capability and other nations participate only by permission, directly supporting the statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 59min ago
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AI Verified Shields says AI capability is held by a few firms and nations participate by permission; this supports “for.” · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 59min ago

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AI Verified Verified verbatim in Baroness Shields (Joanna Shields)’s July 23, 2026 House of Lords Hansard remarks. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 59min ago
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