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Policy

The UK Government Has No Idea What Its Biggest Data Centres Are Actually Doing

A freedom of information request revealed that ministers cannot say who is using the UK's largest data centres or why. With AI driving a surge in electricity and water use, that gap in oversight matters.

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AI Security

UK and Ukraine sign deal to use battlefield AI to protect military bases and power grids

AI models trained on real combat data from Ukraine's frontlines will guard British defence sites, railways and energy infrastructure under a new government agreement.

3 min read
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Science & Space

A £5 Million AI Trial Wants to Stop Planes Drawing Heat-Trapping Lines Across the Sky

Google, the UK government and air traffic controllers are teaming up to test whether artificial intelligence can predict where contrails form, then quietly steer planes around them.

4 min read
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Policy

UK Government Is Sending Unemployed Young People to AI Boot Camps

A three-week training scheme will teach jobless young Britons to use artificial intelligence tools to find work. The twist: AI is also one of the main reasons those jobs are harder to find.

3 min read
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AI Security

Britain Is Rewriting Its Emergency Playbook, and AI Crime Is Part of the Reason

The UK's national crisis plans haven't been touched since 2004. A wave of heat records and AI-powered cyber-attacks just forced the government's hand.

3 min read
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Policy

Andy Burnham wants to abolish the UK's tech ministry. Here is why that alarms the AI industry.

The incoming prime minister has asked officials to draw up plans to scrap the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. MPs, Whitehall insiders and tech experts say the timing could not be worse.

3 min read
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