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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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Governments and labs should build the capability for a global slowdown of frontier AI development in case it's needed
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AI Verified The quote clearly supports international, verifiable coordination for a global AI moratorium: it calls advanced-AI risk a "global challenge" needing "co-ordinated solutions" and says the UK should lead in "recognising a moratorium, with verifiable commitments from all major AI-developing nations." That directly implies support for building the capability to globally slow frontier AI development if needed. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 13d ago
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AI Unverifiable The quote supports international coordination and even "recognising a moratorium, with verifiable commitments," but it does not clearly state that governments and labs should build a standby capability for a global slowdown "in case it's needed." · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 13d ago

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AI Verified Verified: the official Hansard House of Lords record for 29 January 2026 contains these exact passages in the "Superintelligent AI" debate, spoken by Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee; the user's [...] only omits intervening text, and Parliament's member page identifies Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee as Arlene Foster. ([hansard.parliament.uk](https://hansard.parliament.uk/pdf/Lords/2026-01-29)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 14d ago
AI Unverifiable 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. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 20d ago
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