Rishi's high-level summit: Moment the PM takes centre stage - helpfully flanked by 5ft2 Kamala Harris and 5ft3 Giorgia Meloni - at Bletchley Park gathering as world leaders and tech bosses discuss AI

Rishi Sunak today took centre stage as he gathered world leaders and tech bosses to discuss the dangers of Artificial Intelligence on the second day of his Bletchley Park summit. Downing Street has pushed back at claims Mr Sunak's AI summit has been snubbed by world leaders after US President Joe Biden, Canada's Justin Trudeau, France's Emmanuel Macron, and Germany's Olaf Scholz did not attend. He was flanked by two other relatively diminutive leaders in US vice-president Kamala Harris, 5ft2in in height, and Italian PM Giorgia Meloni, who is 5ft3in As he opened a panel discussion on AI development, Mr Sunak said the technology offers 'transformative' change that could improve economies and societies Mr Sunak is hosting representatives from 27 countries alongside tech firms and civic society groups at the famous home of Britain's Second World War code-breakers. Mr Sunak is hosting representatives from 27 countries alongside tech firms and civic society groups at the famous home of Britain's Second World War code-breakers The PM praised Ms Harris, who he hosted in Downing Street last night, for the executive order on AI made by the White House this week. Mr Sunak said he was 'delighted to be working so closely' with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in discussing AI Italian PM Giorgia Meloni is one of the few national leaders to be attending Mr Sunak's summit, with US President Joe Biden, France's Emmanuel Macron, and Germany's Olaf Scholz all staying away As she met the PM for a bilateral meeting at the Bletchley Park summit, Ms Meloni told Mr Sunak 'your priorities are also mine', citing migration and AI as among key issues Among the other leading world figures Mr Sunak welcomed to the summit today was United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres The PM is being interviewed tonight by billionaire Elon Musk - who has cautioned of the 'existential' threat posed by AI becoming more intelligent than humans The PM held a series of bilateral discussions with world leaders on the sidelines of the Bletchley Park summit, which saw him hold talks on the Middle East crisis, illegal immigration and Ukraine war, as well as AI.