Lords draw AI red lines
Peers turn Cyber Bill into safety showdown.
Happy September, and welcome back to a full fat version of The Morning Intelligence.
I’ve used the downtime of August to get your favourite daily briefing into shape for its next stage — more reporting muscle at the front and a smoother operation at the back. I have three updates.
(1) Thanks to your support, I’ll soon be hiring for a reporter who will improve this newsletter’s daily coverage, attend more events and chase (even!) more exclusives.
(2) For paid subscribers, I’m bringing in support from today to make sure you’re getting top-tier service. Lucy Alexander starts to help with membership support, admin and better run this thing behind the scenes.
(3) I’m planning several events this autumn, including webinars, a roundtable and a breakfast at iNHouse Communications. If you’d like to get involved in any of these do get in touch.
Now to it.
Data sovereignty, agentic AI, the future of cloud infrastructure — these are the defining questions of UK tech policy and they're taking centre stage at Civo Navigate in London on Tuesday September 22nd.
The event is returning to Convene, Bishopsgate and brings together 800+ tech leaders and builders. The speaker line-up spans politics and industry — Julia Lopez MP, Lord Drayson, NVIDIA's UK director, and engineers from Google, GitLab and Qualcomm.
Tickets are normally £600, but readers of The Morning Intelligence can attend for just £25 using the code MI25 at checkout.
Happening Today 📆
Stateside: The US Department of Commerce hosts a meeting of G20 innovation ministers in North Carolina. Chris McDonald is there for the UK, while Jensen Huang and Sam Altman are among the speakers.
Lords: Children's Commissioner Rachel de Souza gives evidence at 2:30pm to the Communications and Digital Committee's new inquiry on the impact of the Online Safety Act. At 3:45pm it's committee stage for the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill.
Commons: Cabinet meets this morning and this afternoon Andy Burnham gives a statement to the Commons about his vision for the country. See last Friday's edition for a rundown of what to follow in Parliament over the next few weeks.
In today's edition:
🛑 The Lords are trying to turn the Cyber Bill into something it was never intended for — a vehicle for AI safety laws.
💼 The latest job moves and vacancies
