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AI 'Human Extinction' Warning

S46 · E126 · 04 Jul 2025 · 30 min

As the government tells the UK's AI safety institute to refocus on defence, we hear from a godfather of AI who tells Newsnight: "the worst case scenario is human extinction". Plus, one year into Starmer's premiership, and with Oasis back on stage, can Britain rediscover the swagger and optimism of 1997's Britpop summer?

Guest Stars (6)

Faisal Islam as Self - Presenter

James Reed as Self

Jim Murphy as Self