Reeves puts AI sovereignty at the heart of UK growth plan
In her Mansion House speech, the chancellor called for a serious plan on AI sovereignty and confirmed the UK will be the first G7 country to issue a Digital Sovereign Bond.
Tag: Sovereignty
20 articles tagged Sovereignty
MPs warn UK has no coherent strategy for sovereign AI
A Commons committee says Britain has 'no coherent strategic framework' for sovereign AI and risks being cut off from critical technology 'at the whim' of allies.
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.
France drops Palantir for domestic AI over 'dependency'
France's intelligence service will replace Palantir's AI tools with French firm ChapsVision, citing strategic dependency fears that echo the UK's own Palantir review.
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.
UK confirms £1.1bn plan to back British AI chips and compute
Liz Kendall has unveiled a £1.1bn AI Hardware Plan: a £750m national supercomputer, advance chip purchases and a record British Business Bank fund to secure UK AI sovereignty.
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.
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.
