Sarah Spencer, UK Tech Envoy, underlined the opportunities and risks of frontier technologies, stressing responsible governance, partnerships and dialogue through the OSCE. She reaffirmed the UK\u2019s support for Ukraine, condemned Russia\u2019s illegal invasion, and highlighted the OSCE\u2019s role in ensuring technological progress strengthens security, stability and a more humane future (12 May 2026).<\/p>\n
Thank you Chair and thank you to all the panellists for their insightful remarks.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
I would like to thank\u00a0Federal\u00a0Councillor Cassis and the Swiss Chairpersonship for\u00a0convening\u00a0us today, and for framing today\u2019s discussions around responsibility and cooperation.\u00a0In the context of\u00a0rapidly evolving\u00a0technologies, strengthening dialogue, reducing\u00a0misunderstandings\u00a0and\u00a0developing\u00a0common approaches are indispensable to building\u00a0trust and\u00a0securing\u00a0the foundations for security.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
We must however acknowledge the fact that Russia continues its illegal invasion of Ukrainian sovereign territory and Russian troops continue to occupy Ukrainian land.\u00a0The United Kingdom is committed to a sustainable peace in Ukraine and will continue to stand resolutely with Ukraine and its people.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chair, frontier technologies afford multiple opportunities to deliver inclusive development outcomes and improve our impact in addressing humanitarian crises. These technologies are also transforming the security environment at unprecedented pace, increasing risks to national security, conflict escalation, and strategic stability. The development and deployment of artificial intelligence\u00a0illustrates\u00a0this tension between opportunity and risk particularly clearly. While AI has the potential to support early warning and\u00a0early action\u00a0in humanitarian crises, it can also amplify misinformation and widen instability if misused or deployed without adequate safeguards.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Capitalising on the opportunities of frontier tech therefore requires innovative partnerships and practical mechanisms, aligned with our shared principles, to\u00a0safely and responsibly govern frontier technologies and build inclusive, responsible and sustainable digital ecosystems. For the United Kingdom, partnerships between states, institutions,\u00a0industry\u00a0and civil society matter more than products in realising the opportunities of technology and innovation. In two weeks, our Foreign Secretary will co-host a major conference in London on the future of international development partnerships\u00a0\u2013\u00a0bringing together governments, civil society, and tech leaders, amongst others, to help shape the system for a new era. This includes identifying ways to\u00a0leverage\u00a0advanced technologies to accelerate progress on shared global challenges.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
No one sovereign State can rise to this challenge alone.\u00a0As the world\u2019s largest regional security organisation, the OSCE has a unique role to play\u00a0fostering dialogue on frontier technologies, supporting anticipatory approaches, and promoting the responsible use of innovation in the service of peace and security. The United Kingdom stands ready to support these efforts, and to work with all participating States to help ensure that technological progress contributes to a safer, more\u00a0secure\u00a0and more humane future for all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thank you.<\/p>\n
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