‘Genie won’t go back in the bottle’ on AI, says security minister

Calls to suspend or stop the development of artificial intelligence due to fears about the new technology are misguided, Tom Tugendhat suggested.

Security minister Tom Tugendhat has suggested that calls to suspend or stop the development of artificial intelligence due to fears about the new technology are misguided (James Manning/PA) (PA Wire)

Calls to suspend or stop the development of artificial intelligence due to fears about the new technology are misguided, the security minister has suggested.

Tom Tugendhat, addressing the CyberUK conference in Belfast, said he understands fears about the potential danger of AI but added that the “genie won’t go back in the bottle”.

Italy said last month that it will temporarily block the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT amid global debate about the power of such new tools.