{"text":[[{"start":12.56,"text":"Donald Trump has rejected a “globalist scheme” to control AI, delivering a blow to UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s plan to develop new G20 global guidelines for the technology."}],[{"start":24.88,"text":"Trump said in a speech to the UN on Tuesday that “the US totally rejects any attempt to construct a globalist scheme to control artificial intelligence”, adding that his administration would in future refer to AI as “superintelligence”."}],[{"start":40.96,"text":"His comments came shortly before his first face-to-face meeting with Burnham, who has said the UK wants to use its G20 presidency next year to focus on potential AI risks."}],[{"start":52,"text":"The prime minister also claimed Britain could be an “honest broker” between the US and China in developing a new global framework for overseeing the development of the technology."}],[{"start":62.16,"text":"Trump’s comments came ahead of his meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping at the White House this week. “We’re leading now over China by a lot and everyone else, and we’re going to keep it that way,” he said."}],[{"start":74.94,"text":"In spite of the disagreement on AI, the meeting between Burnham and Trump in New York appeared largely amicable, with the president seeming to prefer the new prime minister to his predecessor Sir Keir Starmer."}],[{"start":87.04,"text":"Asked about the state of bilateral relations, Trump said: “They are more up than they were under your last prime minister.” Burnham, former mayor of Greater Manchester, jokingly chided the president for previously referring to the city as “some town”."}],[{"start":100.96,"text":"Trump said there was a “tremendous patriotism in Britain” with people wanting to see “great things happening”. He added: “I think it’s just waiting for success, waiting for great leadership.”"}],[{"start":111.6,"text":"Speaking together after their meeting at the UN headquarters, Trump said he thought Burnham would be a “great prime minister”, adding that the career politician was “a natural businessman”."}],[{"start":122.04,"text":"Burnham said the two leaders had formed a “good connection”. Their meeting lasted about 40 minutes."}],[{"start":127.6,"text":"Trump discussed with Burnham awkward issues, including the future of the US-UK air base at Diego Garcia, Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands."}],[{"start":139.44,"text":"“I don’t support it,” Trump said of a British plan to lease back Diego Garcia, part of the Chagos Islands, from Mauritius. “It was a terrible deal. Somebody has ownership that never showed up before after decades and centuries. I think it’s ridiculous.”"}],[{"start":155.28,"text":"Britain has put the Chagos Islands deal, agreed by Starmer, on ice since the White House reversed its support for the plan and Burnham suggested he was open to reviewing it. “I’ve inherited this situation, and we need a resolution,” he said."}],[{"start":169.08,"text":"Downing Street said Burnham was committed to working with Mauritius and the US on a way forward that secured “the operation of the base and protects UK national security”."}],[{"start":178.96,"text":"Meanwhile, Burnham defended Britain’s decision to impose sanctions on goods produced by Israeli settlements on the West Bank, saying they posed a serious threat to a two-state solution."}],[{"start":189.84,"text":"Trump has been restrained in his criticism of the plan and on Tuesday said: “Well, I don’t know about the move.” Burnham said he had phoned the White House to explain it."}],[{"start":199.08,"text":"Burnham also told Trump that Britain would stand firm against Argentina’s claims to the Falkland Islands after the US president said last month that he was reviewing America’s neutral position."}],[{"start":208.8,"text":"“We will defend the rights of the Falkland Islanders to self-determination and to remain British,” Burnham said. “I just wanted the president to know directly from me that’s the clear British position. He very much understood what I was saying.”"}],[{"start":223.08,"text":"Burnham also said he raised the issue of US tariffs “as it relates to a particular factory” in the north-east of England. Downing Street declined to identify the company concerned."}],[{"start":233.32,"text":"In his speech to the UN General Assembly later on Tuesday, Burnham insisted that the world had to act to stop the development of AI running out of control."}],[{"start":241.68,"text":"“We know that AI will also be a source of disruption to the way we live and work — and a multiplier of risk,” he said. “We’ve all heard the warnings — which we must heed. I know how worried people are. So we have to rise to this moment . . ."}],[{"start":257.96,"text":"“And we will work towards agreeing a single set of global principles and standards to ensure the transparency and access we need to increase our preparedness — and to ensure that AI development is safe.”"}],[{"start":270.12,"text":"Burnham also accused Russia of preying on young unemployed people to propagate a “corrosive narrative about life in Britain” and announced a new national centre for information defence to tackle the cyber threat."}],[{"start":282.48,"text":"Burnham put the potential threats posed by new technology at the heart of his speech, claiming that malign actors, notably Russia, were targeting vulnerable people to undermine UK democracy."}],[{"start":294.28,"text":"He announced he had asked security chiefs to establish a national centre for information defence to detect, attribute and disrupt hostile state information attacks and identify disinformation and deepfakes."}],[{"start":306.84,"text":"In comments that are likely to be seized upon by his political opponents, the prime minister suggested that Britons living in difficult circumstances were more susceptible to Russian propaganda that the UK was failing."}],[{"start":319.16,"text":"“If you’re struggling with the cost of living and your life is not improving — or if you’re a young person not in employment, education or training — then you are going to be much more vulnerable to this kind of influence,” Burnham said."}],[{"start":337.4,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1790135969_1266.mp3"}