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Policy · 2h ago

UK MPs Warn: Tech Sovereignty Crisis Looms Without Action

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from The Register ·

A UK parliamentary committee warns that the country's reliance on foreign AI infrastructure is a national security risk, citing Anthropic's brief US export ban as a wake-up call. The report urges the government to invest in domestic AI compute and data centers. Without action, the UK risks being locked out of critical AI capabilities even by allies.

Meridian48 take
The MPs' warning is overdue but welcome; the real test is whether the government will actually fund the sovereign AI infrastructure it now admits is necessary.
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