British prime minister Rishi Sunak is gathering a Mt Olympus of political and tech leaders to grapple at the “first major global summit on AI” in September. With this, he is positioning the United Kingdom between the approaches of the US and the EU, as well as a benevolent mediator between regulators and companies such as OpenAI and Google. Just last week, OpenAI announced it was opening its first foreign office in London.

Opinion
July 7, 2023
If Sunak wants the UK to lead on AI, he needs to invite startups to his summit
Founders need to be part of the conversation if the UK is to become an AI superpower
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Christopher Brennan is the cofounder of AI startup Overtone.

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