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Comment by Arlene Foster
Former Northern Ireland first minister
Serious harms from advanced AI systems have already begun to materialise. [...] As risks from advanced AI do not respect boundaries, this is a global challenge that requires co-ordinated solutions at international level. [...] The UK can lead diplomatically in recognising a moratorium, with verifiable commitments from all major AI-developing nations. We have the convening power through the AI Safety Summit legacy, which was kicked off at Bletchley Park, and we have championed the world’s first network of AI security institutes.
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(2026)
3h ago
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Could not verify the speaker attribution. The source_url (hansard.parliament.uk/pdf/Lords/2026-01-29) returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, as did every mirror I tried: the Hansard HTML debate page (Lords/2026-01-29 "Superintelligent AI"), parallelparliament.co.uk, and theyworkforyou.com — all blocked AI access. Web search positively confirmed that the quoted text ("The UK can lead diplomatically in recognising a moratorium, with verifiable commitments from all major AI-developing nations") does appear in this exact 29 January 2026 House of Lords short debate on an international moratorium on superintelligent AI (tabled by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath). However, I could NOT confirm that the passage was spoken by Baroness Foster (Arlene Foster) specifically. Several peers contributed (Baroness Foster, Baroness Neville-Jones, Lord Patel) plus the responding minister Baroness Lloyd of Effra, and the phrasing "We have the convening power... we have championed the world's first network of AI security institutes" reads as governmental ("we" = HM Government), which casts doubt on whether Foster or the minister said it. Because the source blocks fetching and the attribution could not be independently confirmed, I am marking this ai_unverifiable rather than verified. Note: the quote content is genuine and the vote "for" statement 451 would align with a pro-moratorium/coordination stance; only the speaker attribution remains unconfirmed.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 2h ago
replying to Arlene Foster