Forty legislators ask their prime minister to ban superintelligence outright

Claim

Forty British MPs wrote to the Prime Minister asking to ban superintelligence outright, in the same weekend a profile of the man leading the fight for AI rights asked whether chatbots feel or dream — a lot of moral status to grant and deny at once.

Reported metric: 40 MPs

Reporting date: 2026-09-13 (not necessarily the event date)

Sources

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• Welcome to September 13, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)