Countries that do not embrace AI could be ‘left behind’, says Open AI’s George Osborne - short news
Without AI you will be a ‘weaker and poorer nation’, warns former UK chancellor two months into job at US firm
The former chancellor George Osborne has warned that countries that do not embrace the kind of powerful AI systems made by his new employer, OpenAI, risked “Fomo” and could be left weaker and poorer.
Osborne, who is two months into a job as head of the $500bn San Francisco AI company’s “for countries” programme, told leaders gathered for the AI Impact..
source: The Guardian - 18.02.2026