Rishi Sunak visitor of honour at Main League Baseball sport in Washington DC
The Prime Minister watched Washington Nationals tackle Arizona Diamondbacks throughout his journey to the US.
Fans had been handled to a army flypast and each God Save the King and the Star Spangled Banner performed by Royal Marines and US army bands.
Mr Sunak mingled with gamers earlier than the sport and wore a Nationals jacket as he was cheered onto the pitch – though Nationals Park was removed from full.
The ceremonial first pitch on the UK-US Friendship Day was thrown by British military veteran Stuart Taylor after Downing Street rejected the thought of Mr Sunak throwing the ball in entrance of hundreds of spectators.
“These sorts of things are pitched to us from time to time but, at this event, the first pitch is going to be thrown by Stuart Taylor, who is the CEO of the Allied Forces Foundation,” the Prime Minister’s spokesman stated.
“That, I think we felt, was the most appropriate way of highlighting the breadth and depth of the UK-US relationship, particularly focusing on service personnel and veterans.”
After the pitch, Mr Sunak requested Mr Taylor: “How was that, quite good right?”
The go to got here forward of Mr Sunak’s assembly with Joe Biden on Thursday.
On Wednesday, Mr Sunak introduced the UK will host the primary world summit on synthetic intelligence (AI) security.
The summit, which will probably be held within the autumn, will take into account the necessity for worldwide co-ordinated motion to mitigate the dangers of the rising know-how.
The Prime Minister stated: “AI has an incredible potential to transform our lives for the better. But we need to make sure it is developed and used in a way that is safe and secure.
“Time and time again throughout history we have invented paradigm-shifting new technologies and we have harnessed them for the good of humanity.
“That is what we must do again.”
Downing Street stated the summit was a possibility for “like-minded countries” to come back collectively on the problem.
Asked if it was an alliance in opposition to China and Russia on AI points, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman stated: “No, it’s about looking at technology that is developing extremely quickly – perhaps faster than even those involved in its creation expected and better understanding the possibilities and potential risks and challenges that poses and how globally we can come up with ways to address that.”
The Prime Minister was additionally utilizing the journey to announce a rise within the variety of scholarships the UK Government funds for college students enterprise post-graduate examine and analysis at UK and US universities, particularly in science, know-how, engineering and maths.
Other topics on the agenda for the assembly with Mr Biden within the White House embody financial co-operation and persevering with help for Ukraine, notably on the supply of air defence.
Mr Sunak may additionally take the chance to push for Defence Secretary Ben Wallace to be handed the job of main Nato when secretary normal Jens Stoltenberg steps down on the finish of September.