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Liz Kendall: But the truth is, the choice isn’t between having AI or trying to stop it, or having it or not. The choice is between…

On the recordJune 6, 2026
But the truth is, the choice isn’t between having AI or trying to stop it, or having it or not. The choice is between shaping it to work for us or being left at its mercy and its whim.
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Liz Kendall
Labour Party

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On the need to shape AI's development.

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