TechScape: Why Sunak's 'vanity jamboree' on AI safety was actually … a success

For Max Tegmark, last week's artificial intelligence summit at Bletchley Park was an emotional moment. The MIT professor and AI researcher was behind a letter this year calling for a pause in development of advanced systems. It didn't happen, but it was a crucial contribution to the political and academic momentum that resulted in the Bletchley gathering. "[The summit] has actually made me more optimistic. It really has superseded my expectations," he told me.