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Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Sunday 13 September 2026 · 09:00 BST · 1h · 2 stories · 9 annotated moments · 58 of 60 min on news stories (97%)
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The broadcast's lead story was Reform UK receiving donations of more than £70 million from two crypto billionaires, Ben Dellal and Christopher Harborne, with £36 million each. The programme discussed the political impact, including speculation that government plans to change donation rules retrospectively could force Reform to return the money. Angela Rayner said the changes were designed to protect democracy and would apply from 25 March, while Robert Jenrick defended the donations as legal and a vote of confidence in the party.
Interviews with other politicians included Tom Tugendhat, who stressed concerns about crypto regulation and national security, and Rina Bureth, who said her party would not accept such donations. Later, the programme featured an exclusive interview with Jacob Coxon, a former researcher at Anthropic, who warned that without a slowdown in AI development there is a strong chance of human extinction in the near future. His former boss had called for a pause, but Coxon noted the need for international coordination, including with China.
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Claim OpenAI postpones IPO as AI bosses back slowdown after extinction warning
Coxon's online resignation message has been viewed 160 million times.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 13 September 2026, 50:22-50:28
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Charged quote OpenAI postpones IPO as AI bosses back slowdown after extinction warning
160 million times online. In his first UK interview, we spoke to him last night. So it's not at all an exaggeration to say that the people who are involved with both founding these companies and building the tech believe there is a possibility of human extinction. And many of the people who are sort of deep in the weeds
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 13 September 2026, 50:32-50:41
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Claim OpenAI postpones IPO as AI bosses back slowdown after extinction warning
Coxon believes many of his former colleagues assign a greater than 10% probability to human extinction from AI.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 13 September 2026, 50:41-50:49
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Contested quote OpenAI postpones IPO as AI bosses back slowdown after extinction warning
and they will keep this in their head on a daily basis while working on the technology. And is that what you believe? I believe that if we don't slow down at the current rate of progress, yes, there is a strong chance that we could all die in the immediate future. If people aren't close to this technology, though, how would that actually happen?
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 13 September 2026, 51:03-51:11
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Claim OpenAI postpones IPO as AI bosses back slowdown after extinction warning
Coxon said a coordinated slowdown would require China's buy-in to avoid an international race.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 13 September 2026, 51:03-51:11
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Charged quote OpenAI postpones IPO as AI bosses back slowdown after extinction warning
means that things that were previously in the realms of science fiction are now like becoming reality. To give like a concrete example, AIs can hack. They could hack into laboratories where, say, people are making viruses and autonomously produce deadly viruses. That's one very easy example. Another, they could hack into the sort of critical infrastructure
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 13 September 2026, 51:32-51:41
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Claim OpenAI postpones IPO as AI bosses back slowdown after extinction warning
Coxon said a coordinated slowdown would require China's buy-in to avoid an international race.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 13 September 2026, 53:06-53:09
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Claim OpenAI postpones IPO as AI bosses back slowdown after extinction warning
Coxon said a coordinated slowdown would require China's buy-in to avoid an international race.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 13 September 2026, 53:18-53:24
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Claim OpenAI postpones IPO as AI bosses back slowdown after extinction warning
Coxon said a coordinated slowdown would require China's buy-in to avoid an international race.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 13 September 2026, 53:46-53:53
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