{"slug": "uk-not-on-the-slide-burnham-to-tell-un-as-he-gears-up-for-first-meeting-with-uk", "title": "UK not ‘on the slide’, Burnham to tell UN as he gears up for first meeting with Trump – UK politics live", "summary": "UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is heading to the UN General Assembly in New York with artificial intelligence as a main theme, aiming to position Britain as uniquely placed to lead international AI governance and mediate between the US and China, and to make AI a centrepiece of the UK's 2027 G20 presidency. Burnham has not signed the Finnish-led 'Call for Control of Frontier AI Models', which pushes compulsory pre-deployment testing of frontier AI models and is backed by the leaders of Australia, Canada, Germany, the EU, Bahrain and Singapore in a document dated 21 September. Burnham is also preparing for his first meeting with US President Donald Trump, having reportedly used his first phone call with Trump to invite him to Manchester for the G20, an invitation said to have been accepted.", "body_md": "Burnham is heading to New York for the United Nations general assembly\nAccording to the overnight briefing from No 10 ahead of his speech to the UN, Andy Burnham will make AI (artificial intelligence) one of the main themes of his visit to New York. Downing Street says:\nMajor global challenges such as AI, the conflict in Ukraine and security in the Middle East are expected to dominate the agenda of the prime minister’s meetings in New York over the next 24 hours, as world leaders converge on the city.\nThe prime minister is expected to use the visit to drive forward global work on AI, both to ensure it is being used as a force for good and to maximise opportunities to use the technology to deliver safety and security for people at home.\nThis Finnish initiative – pushing compulsory testing of Frontier AI models before release – has the backing of the leaders of Australia, Canada, Germany, the EU, Bahrain and Singapore. https://presidentti.fi/en/a-call-for-control-of-frontier-ai-models/ It’s dated yesterday 21/9. The UK will have been asked.\nBut Andy Burnham has not signed – and appears at the UN general assembly today to be taking a different - arguably weaker - path. Burnham is going to the UN arguing almost exactly the opposite impression: that Britain is uniquely placed to lead international AI governance, mediate between the US and China and make AI a centrepiece of its 2027 G20 presidency.\nIt’s great to see @alexstubb providing this leadership and bringing other countries together to call for pre-deployment testing.\nThe list of signatories to the ‘Call for Control of Frontier AI Models’ are the United Kingdom’s natural allies.\nThe move to host the G20 in Manchester was reportedly set up months ago after Andy Burnham became prime minister, using his first phone call with Mr Trump to invite him to the city, and which is said to have been accepted by the American President.\nIt is understood that planning has already started for the enormous gathering, which will require the biggest security operation the city has ever seen …\n Continue reading...", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/uk-not-on-the-slide-burnham-to-tell-un-as-he-gears-up-for-first-meeting-with-uk", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/uk-not-on-the-slide-burnham-to-tell-un-as-he-gears-up-for-fi-du2v", "published_at": "2026-09-22 10:08:09+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-22 11:25:19.440339+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Andy Burnham", "United Nations General Assembly", "Donald Trump", "United Kingdom", "China", "G20", "Alex Stubb", "Manchester"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/uk-not-on-the-slide-burnham-to-tell-un-as-he-gears-up-for-first-meeting-with-uk", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/uk-not-on-the-slide-burnham-to-tell-un-as-he-gears-up-for-first-meeting-with-uk.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/uk-not-on-the-slide-burnham-to-tell-un-as-he-gears-up-for-first-meeting-with-uk.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/uk-not-on-the-slide-burnham-to-tell-un-as-he-gears-up-for-first-meeting-with-uk.jsonld"}}