The Rishi Sunak and Elon Musk show
Political Fix
Financial Times
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🗓️ 3 November 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Rishi Sunak played the part of chat show host with tech leader Elon Musk this week, after hosting an AI summit at Bletchley Park. The FT’s Lucy Fisher is joined by Stephen Bush and Anna Gross, who was reporting from the conference, to ask what it achieved. Plus, the FT’s Camilla Cavendish examines what the Covid-19 inquiry has revealed to date about the shortcomings of the British state.
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Presented by Lucy Fisher. Produced by Audrey Tinline. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Audio mix and original music by Breen Turner. The FT’s head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
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| 0:47.0 | Welcome to Political Fix, your essential insider guide to Westminster from the Financial Times with me, Lucy Fisher. |
| 0:54.5 | You heard there the FTs Camilla Cavendish talking about revelations from the COVID inquiry, |
| 0:59.7 | more from her later. |
| 1:01.4 | Also coming up, Rishi Sunak, the chat show host. The Prime Minister interviewed |
| 1:06.0 | Elon Musk in front of an audience following the Bletchley Park AI Summit. We'll discuss |
| 1:10.6 | that too. I'm joined now in the studio by my FT colleague Anna Gross, who was at the event. |
| 1:16.0 | Hi Anna. |
| 1:17.0 | Hi, Lisey. |
| 1:18.0 | And the Ft's Stephen Bush. |
| 1:19.0 | Hi, Stephen. |
| 1:20.0 | Hi, Lacey. This week, Rishisunak gathered a high-powered group of politicians and tech execs at Bletchley |
| 1:26.9 | Park to talk about the challenges of AI. |
| 1:29.4 | He rounded off the event by sitting down for a fireside chat with Elon Musk. |
| 1:33.9 | The Prime Minister spent nearly an hour quizzing Musk for his opinions on where AI might |
| 1:38.4 | be going next. |
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