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Britain to lead AI standards drive, Burnham pledges

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  • Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced Britain will lead an effort to set AI standards.
  • He unveiled a National Centre for Information Defence to detect and disrupt state disinformation.
  • Burnham accused Russian agencies of using bots, sites and forged branding of 28 UK organisations.
  • He said the Kremlin spends about £1.3 billion annually on information manipulation.
  • He pledged the UK will act as a broker for AI standards during its G20 presidency.