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AI concerns from Microsoft

The head of Microsoft AI warns against sleepwalking into a disaster.

The chief executive of Microsoft AI has said unless adequate restrictions are implemented in the development of artificial intelligence it could lead to the emergence of a new species which would compete with humans. Mustafa Suleyman said AI needed to be trained to be subordinate to humanity.

We speak to the Ugandan candidate vying for the post as United Nations Secretary General.

And Buckingham Palace is in a war of words with Earl Spencer, the brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, over a controversial memoir about her life and death.

Presenters: James Copnall and Anne Soy.

(Photo: Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI. Credit: Getty images).

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  • Thu 17 Sep 2026 06:06GMT