Alex Forsyth

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1,852 appearances 18 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 6d ago

Alex Forsyth’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 18 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 6.

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Newscast · Can AI Actually Be Slowed Down? · 14 Sep 2026 podcast

Was that part of the calculation when you were in the Treasury first, but then working alongside Keir Starmer when he was the PM? voice-verified

Was this something that you were looking at thinking, Blimey, this could pop and it could affect us? voice-verified

Prepared for and worried about? voice-verified

J just a just a thought, Darren. voice-verified

So when Rishi Sunat was the Prime Minister, he set up the AI Security Institute and they had this big summit at Bletchley Park and he was talking about the opportunities of AI, but also wanted the UK to be a big forerunner in AI safety. voice-verified

Then Keir Starmer, I remember he did a big thing about AI growth being at the heart of the UK economy and part of the ten year plan. voice-verified

Do you know where Andy Burnham is on this? voice-verified

Have you got a sense of what he thinks about all of this? voice-verified

Thank you. voice-verified

there? voice-verified

you make of that? voice-verified

A couple of things really stuck out to me and we do have to remember that this is the guy who was right at the heart of government as Keir Starmer's very close kind of ally and voice-verified

right hand man f only a couple of months ago. voice-verified

He is now pushing for this regulation and focus on AI. voice-verified

But a couple of points really stuck out to me, James. voice-verified

The first one was Darren Jones openly saying that he thought the AI bubble could burst and that, you know, the UK voice-verified

had to be ready for that and had to have its eyes wide open about that. voice-verified

And we've heard the warnings about that and what that might mean for the global economy. voice-verified

I mean, that's really significant coming from a guy who was in government and also was in the Treasury until recently. voice-verified

And the second thing that I thought was interesting voice-verified

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