{"slug": "a-critical-moment-concern-uk-is-not-up-to-speed-in-acting-on-ai-risks", "title": "‘A critical moment’: concern UK is not up to speed in acting on AI risks", "summary": "UK ministers under then-prime minister Keir Starmer ordered a review of existing legislation and explored forcing the world's most advanced AI companies to submit products for safety testing before launch, according to The Guardian. Concerns are now growing that the UK is not up to speed on acting on AI risks, with Andy Burnham's focus on immediate domestic problems leading some to fear the issue has dropped off the government's radar.", "body_md": "# ‘A critical moment’: concern UK is not up to speed in acting on AI risks\n\nBy Kiran Stacey and Dan MilmoSource: \n\n[The Guardian Technology](https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology)\nAndy Burnham’s focus on immediate domestic problems leads some to fear issue has dropped off government’s radar\n\nTowards the end of Keir Starmer’s time in office, his senior ministers, alarmed by the latest developments in [artificial intelligence](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/artificial-intelligence), began drawing up plans for a new [AI safety](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/ai-safety) law.\n\nThey ordered a review of existing legislation to see what powers they already had, according to those briefed on the plans, and were exploring whether they could force the world’s most advanced technology companies to submit their products for safety testing before launching them.\n\n[Continue reading...](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/18/a-critical-moment-concern-uk-is-not-up-to-speed-in-acting-on-ai-risks)\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-critical-moment-concern-uk-is-not-up-to-speed-in-acting-on-ai-risks", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/a-critical-moment-concern-uk-is-not-up-to-speed-in-acting-on-qjk8", "published_at": "2026-09-18 14:57:11+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-18 15:53:59.072846+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Keir Starmer", "Andy Burnham", "UK government", "The Guardian"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-critical-moment-concern-uk-is-not-up-to-speed-in-acting-on-ai-risks", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-critical-moment-concern-uk-is-not-up-to-speed-in-acting-on-ai-risks.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-critical-moment-concern-uk-is-not-up-to-speed-in-acting-on-ai-risks.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-critical-moment-concern-uk-is-not-up-to-speed-in-acting-on-ai-risks.jsonld"}}