Prime Minister Andy Burnham told the UN General Assembly that Britain would start a National Centre for Information Defence and lead an international push on frontier AI standards. The centre is to detect, attribute and disrupt hostile-state information attacks. He placed that standards work at the heart of the UK G20 presidency next year. President Donald Trump told the same assembly the United States would encourage AI rather than rein it in.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham tasked security chiefs at the UN General Assembly to start a National Centre for Information Defence. The centre is to detect, attribute and disrupt hostile-state information attacks, including fabricated images and audio. Fabricated images and audio that damage British interests sit inside that job. The centre will work with intelligence agencies, government departments, law enforcement and social media firms.[1], [2]
Burnham said Britain would lead work on global principles for frontier AI and put that work at the heart of the UK G20 presidency next year. A Norway-led call for human control and pre-release testing has more than 20 backers, and the UK, the United States and China have not signed it. His office wants full visibility of new frontier models.[1], [2]
President Donald Trump told the same assembly the United States would encourage AI and rejected a global scheme to control it. Russia has rejected the disinformation allegations, and a Russian representative in the hall gave no immediate comment. Burnham alleged that Russian agencies have spread lies and disinformation. Those allegations were still open in the hall.[1], [2]
