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FSB urges AI minister to put small-firm trust at the heart of policy
A Federation of Small Businesses report finds 59% of AI users saw productivity gains, but 92% still have concerns over data security, copyright and liability.
Vallance to chair new AI taskforce at the centre of government
Lord Vallance will chair a new prime ministerial AI taskforce housed in the Cabinet Office, with responsibility for the AI Security Institute moving to it.
Burnham axes DSIT and puts an AI minister in cabinet
Kanishka Narayan becomes the first AI minister to attend cabinet as Andy Burnham abolishes DSIT and disperses its functions across Whitehall departments.
US AI safety agency head resigns after three months
Chris Fall has left the Center for AI Standards and Innovation three months after appointment, with the Commerce Department giving no reason for his departure.
Burnham moves to abolish DSIT as tech sector revolts
Andy Burnham has asked officials to draw up plans to abolish the science and technology department, drawing warnings from techUK and the Startup Coalition.
Nobel laureates urge urgent action on AI's economic impact
More than 200 researchers and economists, including 15 Nobel laureates and staff at OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, urge urgent action on AI's economic impact.
King's Cross AI boom reopens Britain's 'sovereignty' debate
US export curbs on Anthropic's top models have reignited the debate over whether Britain can build sovereign AI, even as US giants pack into London's King's Cross.
G7 weighs 'trusted partner' access to top US AI models
G7 leaders discussed granting select 'trusted partners' access to advanced US AI models, a possible route around the curbs that locked foreign users out of Anthropic.
Trump rejects UK plea for exemption from Anthropic AI ban
Washington has rebuffed Downing Street's request for a carve-out from the Anthropic export ban, even as a Monday meeting and an industry letter pile on pressure to lift it.
Starmer seeks UK carve-out from US Anthropic AI ban
Downing Street is lobbying the White House to restore British access to Anthropic's top models after a US export order locked out all foreign nationals.
Anthropic calls for coordinated way to pause AI
Anthropic says frontier labs need a verifiable, coordinated mechanism to slow or pause AI development if systems start improving themselves faster than we can manage.
EU launches sweeping tech sovereignty package
The EU's new sovereignty package bundles a Chips Act 2.0, Cloud and AI Development Act and open-source strategy to cut reliance on non-EU technology providers.
Give workers more say over AI, UK thinktank urges
A TUC-backed IPPR report calls for a statutory duty to consult staff on AI adoption, warning the benefits will not be shared fairly without worker power.
Anthropic launches policy research arm with four-pillar agenda
The Anthropic Institute will publish research on economic diffusion, threats and resilience, AI systems in the wild and AI-driven R&D from inside the frontier lab.
Welsh founder urges 'minimum wage for robots' to slow AI job cuts
A Welsh tech entrepreneur has urged the UK government to consider a 'minimum wage for robots' to slow AI-driven job displacement and protect workers.
Rigby Group chief: UK AI strategy 'disjointed' as 1.6→6GW data centre target stalls
Rigby Group CEO Steve Rigby says UK AI sovereignty is constrained by power grid bottleneck, not capital, and policy must move beyond departmental silos.
Over 100 UK Parliamentarians Demand Binding AI Regulation
Cross-party group calls on government to introduce mandatory controls on frontier AI systems, citing national security concerns and lobbying pressure.