Top tech firms to let governments vet AI tools, Sunak says at safety summit

PM says summit’s achievements ‘will tip the balance in favour of humanity’ as firms agree to pre-release testing

The most advanced technology companies will allow governments to vet their artificial intelligence tools for the first time, Rishi Sunak has announced, as the prime minister looks to combat a threat that he says is potentially as serious as nuclear war.

Companies including Meta, Google Deep Mind and OpenAI have agreed to allow regulators test their latest AI products before releasing them to the public, in a move that officials say will slow the race to develop systems that can compete with humans.