“We call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least six months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4,” it said. “This pause should be public and verifiable, and include all key actors. If such a pause cannot be enacted quickly, governments should step in and institute a moratorium.” Catriona Wallace, an early AI entrepreneur who is now runs the Responsible Metaverse Alliance, said the letter should be a wake-up call to Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic. She said Mr Husic had been promising to make the nation a leader in the responsible use...