Is the UK government doing anything to stop AI killing us all?

The government needs to step up and properly regulate AI - that’s what Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy told the podcast - saying we can expect to hear more about it soon.

She’s on the podcast this week talking to Beth after we’ve heard warnings that AI “could kill us all by the end of the decade”. Lisa Nandy also reflects on the online safety act - are the tech companies taking the UK government seriously?

Beth also gets her take on the growing row over plans to house asylum seekers at a former military site near Piddington, Oxfordshire - the village of 300 people who held a referendum this week to leave the UK.

So who gets the final say when national policy clashes with local democracy?

Beth, Harriet and Ruth debate whether the government needs to rethink its plans on housing asylum seekers, why some communities feel unheard, and how immigration is becoming a defining battleground in British politics.

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:59 What's happening in Piddington?
18:59 Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy on asylum hotels
23:49 The Online Safety brief
26:34 What do social media companies think of the government?
30:30 Are online safety laws already outdated?
33:23 What can Burnham do differently with online safety?
40:31 UK government plans for AI and regulation
44:38 Foreign influence and political donations
48:59 Lisa Nandy's stance on AI regulation
52:52 Listener question for Harriet Harman
55:55 Outro