# The Morning Intelligence
> The Morning Intelligence is a daily briefing covering the people, politics and policies behind AI in the UK.
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## Pages
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## Posts
- ['The EU is tricky, the UK is easier'](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/scale-ai-interview-trevor-thompson-uk.md) - Scale AI's MD on its rapid UK expansion.
- [The data centre in my backyard](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/norwich-apex-data-centre-opposition.md) - A local celeb and 11,000 folks vs AI.
- [More Google, less DeepMind](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/demis-hassabis-deepmind-london-to-california-move.md) - Plus why quantum needs its own path
- [Backlash before the buildout](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/data-centres-uk-opposition-carbon-emissions.md) - Progressive voters sour on data centres.
- ['Incumbents are built on lock-in'](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/incumbents-are-built-on-lock-in.md) - Valarian's CEO Max Buchan on AI for choice
- [Structure sorted, substance missing](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/andy-burnham-ai-government-start.md) - Burnham's AI moves, a week in.
- [The physical layer Whitehall forgot](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/ben-peters-cogna-founder-uk-ai-policy.md) - Cogna's CEO on AI for critical sectors.
- [Reassured but restless](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/jonny-reynolds-tech-industry-reassurance-call.md) - Industry reacts to first call with Reynolds.
- [Surviving the chaos](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/where-dsit-brief-goes-tech-ai-policy.md) - An insider's take on DSIT's short life.
- [DSIT dumped, Kanishka kept](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/dsit-scrapped-ai-minister-kanishka-narayan.md) - Tech carved up three ways.
- [Ditching DSIT](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/dsit-break-up-andy-burnham-tech.md) - Burnham's break-up plan spooks everyone.
- ['Out-engineer, don't out-spend'](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/cosine-co-founder-yang-li-lumen-sovereign-ai.md) - Cosine's co-founder on building a UK LLM.
- [The AI boom not showing up in official stats](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-ai-entrepreneurship-boom-soloprenuer.md) - And why it matters.
- [Rigby's renewal pitch](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/rachel-reeves-lucy-rigby-ai-mansion-house-renewal.md) - Plus next steps on social media curbs.
- [Missing the threat](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/missing-the-threat.md) - Peers attack Cyber Bill's AI gaps.
- [Five names, one job](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-labour-next-tech-dsit-secretary.md) - The runners and riders for tech secretary.
- ['Sovereignty is not geography'](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/zoom-josh-kallmer-interview-tech-sovereignty.md) - Zoom's policy chief on NHS, UK vibes, CMA.
- [Operation Keep Kendall](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/liz-kendall-wants-to-stay-uk-tech-secretary-dsit.md) - The tech secretary fights to stay.
- [Scotland's power play stalls](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/scottish-data-centre-moratorium.md) - But the industry has some fixes.
- [Sovereignty without strategy](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/mps-tech-diplomacy-sovereignty-strategy.md) - MPs want a plan, Scotland data centre ban.
- [Thank you Donald](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-ai-startups-surge-anthropic-export-ban.md) - The startups winning from Anthropic's curbs.
- [GPUs in the UK? 'It's almost impossible'](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/gpus-in-the-uk-its-almost-impossible.md) - Meryem Arik on GPU shortages and luck.
- [Grow here, stay here, give back](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/reform-uk-danny-kruger-ai-patriotic-compact-speech.md) - Reform unveils 'patriotic' deal for AI firms.
- [Can Britain build big enough?](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/terawulf-buffalo-data-centre-uk-lessons.md) - Lessons from a rapid AI buildout.
- [Burnham's silence on AI? Don't panic](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/burnhams-silence-on-ai-dont-panic.md) - It cuts across his policy speech.
- [The Arms Race Trap](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/the-arms-race-trap.md) - Top thinkers launch call to reframe AI debate.
- [First-class research, second-class cash](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/ucl-business-anne-lane-ventures-rebrand.md) - UCL's spinout boss on why its rebranding.
- [Two inquiries, one problem](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-parliament-data-centre-inquiries.md) - The confusing data centre debate.
- [Beeban's next battle](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/beeban-kidron-book-users-sovereignty.md) - Why the peer is now focused on sovereignty.
- ['Big on inputs, low on impact'](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-tech-sector-industrial-strategy.md) - The tech sector plan one year on.
- [What Andy would do differently](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/andy-burnham-tech-policy.md) - Burnham's team starts its tech policy work.
- [US export control, UK opportunity](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/era4-karl-havard-interview.md) - Karl Havard on building a UK stack.
- [What Starmer told that G7 lunch](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/g7-ai-lunch-keir-starmer.md) - UK joins AI standards push.
- [Parliament's sovereignty reckoning](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-cyber-bill-ai-sovereignty-debate-anthropic.md) - Lawmakers push on 'kill switches', AISI 'red lines'.
- [Anthropic tees up huge data centre](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/anthropic-lines-up-teesside-data-centre-investment.md) - Plus Cyber Bill supercharges sovereignty.
- [The sovereignty test arrives too soon](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/what-anthropic-ban-means-for-uk.md) - Plus the social media ban is here.
- [Arm's big bet](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/arms-will-abbey-agentic-agi-cpu.md) - The chip company's VP on the next chapter.
- [Beautiful but delayed](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/ai-growth-zones-delayed-design-competition.md) - A minister calls for beauty, AIGZ developers want decisions.
- [What the public really thinks about AI](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/what-the-uk-public-really-thinks-about-ai.md) - Westminster has got it wrong.
- ['Britmaxxing' at Olympia](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-announces-ai-hardware-plan.md) - Navigating a tech policy blitz
- [Tech Week for the Workers](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/london-tech-week-2026-uk-government-worker-focus.md) - Ministers put LTW focus on jobs, adoption.
- ['Governments have AI FOMO'](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/george-osborne-open-ai-job-sxsw.md) - George Osborne on his new gig + Stripe's head of product.
- [What to expect at London Tech Week](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/london-tech-week-2026-preview.md) - Jobs pledge, deep tech fund, hardware plan.
- [Ditch Palantir, MPs say](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/mps-ditch-palantir-nhs-contract.md) - The firm hits back at 'playground' politics.
- ['Almost no one is prepared'](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/marc-warner-ai-doc-intelligence-rising.md) - Marc Warner on AGI + Mandelson's DSIT tips.
- [UK banks on next chip boom](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-ai-semiconductor-startups.md) - Plus Softbank opts for France + latest jobs.
- ['A perilous moment'](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/nick-pickles-tools-for-humanity-questions.md) - Nick Pickles on bots, biometrics and the UK's rep.
- [Entering the chat](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/ai-economics-institute-a-new-contract-launch.md) - A left-wing tech alliance launches.
- [Cooling down in the Docks](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/digital-realty-innovation-lab-uk-opening.md) - Inside a UK data centre first.
- [Lacking in energy](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-government-gridlock-stalls-data-centre-development.md) - Whitehall gridlock stalls data centre boom.
- [Blair's institute to cut staff for AI pivot](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/tony-blair-institute-ai-overhaul-staff-redundancies.md) - Overhaul at the TBI.
- [Skills and the City](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/salesforce-new-london-ai-centre-opens.md) - Inside a new London AI hub.
- [Bans are so 2025](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/online-safety-campaigners-push-safety-by-design.md) - Campaigners unite for 'safety by design' code.
- [Working On It](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/future-of-work-ai-adoption.md) - How to fix 'patchy' AI adoption.
- [Keep calm and delay everything](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/labour-leadership-crisis-tech-policy-delays.md) - Plus the state of gov IT and latest job moves.
- [Battle Lines Harden](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/tech-uk-mps-online-safety-visions.md) - Social media visions, CMA moves, Trump-Xi.
- [Growing Pains](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/kings-speech-regulating-for-growth-bill.md) - Plus Synthesia's answer to Mythos
- [I Got Bills](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/kings-speech-ai-growth-bill.md) - What to watch for in the King’s Speech
- [Fallout](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/labour-elections-fallout-on-tech-policy.md) - Where post-election chaos leaves AI policy.
- [What we've got wrong on AI and energy](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/what-weve-got-wrong-on-ai-and-energy.md) - Alan Chang on reframing the debate.
- [Ministers eye 'Growth Bill' for AI testbeds](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-growth-bill-kings-speech-ai.md) - Regulatory reform for the King's Speech.
- [Skills crisis vs. immigration cuts](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-ai-skills-immigration-reforms.md) - UK pursues contradictory policies.
- [Forgetting Amazon](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/cma-chair-doug-gurr-aws-links.md) - CMA chief didn’t tell MPs about AWS links.
- [Stop the Silicon Valley chat](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/knowledge-quarter-kings-cross-tech-cluster.md) - The UK is building something better.
- [ARIA's plan to out-think Big Tech](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uks-aria-wants-to-out-think-big-tech.md) - Plus prepping for a miracle.
- [The next AI frontier is a security minefield](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/cetas-ai-frontier-security-report.md) - How the UK could prepare.
- [Chips on the table](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-targets-semiconductors-with-ai-sovereignty-strategy.md) - An AI hardware plan is coming.
- [Sovereign ambitions, American cash](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/liz-kendall-rusi-speech-ai-sovereignty.md) - Announcements show US dependency.
- [What the robots need](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/techuk-robotics-strategy-call.md) - Plus the Tech Summit and latest job moves.
- [Big decisions, small numbers](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/laura-gilbert-tbi-interview.md) - Laura Gilbert on No.10, open source and AI fears.
- [UK cloud firm plans 40 data centres](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-cloud-firm-civo-plans-40-data-centres.md) - An alternative to AI Growth Zones.
- [Adopt or be damned](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-ai-adoption-summit.md) - Plus a key government tech adviser leaves.
- [Where did the tech-optimistic MPs go?](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/labour-tech-optimistic-mps-go.md) - What I learned from one day in Westminster.
- [Win at AI and influence people](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/win-at-ai-and-influence-people.md) - Kendall's next speech, plus the week ahead
- [Last night in Camden](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/sovereign-ai-unit-makes-first-investments.md) - What the Sovereign AI Unit wants.
- [The £500m bet on Britain's future](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-sovereign-ai-unit-launch.md) - What to watch as Sovereign AI Unit launches.
- [London Falling](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-government-campaign-to-counter-london-ai-disinfo.md) - Campaign to counter AI lies about London.
- [The AI jobs story nobody is telling](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-jobs-ai-is-creating.md) - Plus a plan to build a UK LLM from scratch.
- [What to watch as Parliament returns](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/tech-to-watch-as-uk-parliament-returns.md) - Sovereignty everywhere + political techlash
- [Visa delays driving AI talent away](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/ucl-geraint-rees-visa-delays-drive-talent-away.md) - UCL's research chief on visas, King's X, Nvidia
- [Big Tech's latest beef with the CMA](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/cma-algorithm-powers-tech-push-back.md) - Plus AI Overviews and sycophantic chatbots.
- [Britain's adoption problem isn't the AI](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-ai-adoption-problem-solutions.md) - How to plug UK PLC into the coming wave
- [AI video gets a security upgrade](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/ai-video-synthesia-security-standards.md) - Plus Ofcom's new chair + latest job moves
- [Mozilla sets up UK data firm](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/mozilla-sets-up-uk-data-firm.md) - A "third way" to sell data to AI labs.
- [Beyond Cloud](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-cma-sms-microsoft-investigation.md) - Why the CMA is more worried about AI software.
- [Data centres are losing the political battle](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-data-centres-energy-battle.md) - MPs turn up the heat
- [The deal is dead, long live the deals](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/us-uk-tech-prosperity-deal-six-months-on.md) - Six months on from the US-UK tech pact
- [MPs want action on deepfakes](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/mps-action-ai-deepfakes-detection.md) - But the market needs encouragement.
- [AI = job cuts? Not so fast](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/ai-job-cuts-dont-panic.md) - The reality is messier.
- [The start of something](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-goverment-sme-procurement-reform.md) - Government pledges to buy more UK tech
- [Ministers mull regulation reform bill](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/a-new-regulation-bill-ai-growth-labs.md) - One way to get an AI Growth Lab
- [Competition Crunch](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/cma-competition-regulator-pressure-iran-cloud-browsers.md) - The CMA is getting it from all sides.
- ['I've raised $50m but won't leave for US'](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/steve-basher-solve-ai-interview.md) - One young founder on why London.
- [Lords pass new AI chatbot rules](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/lords-pass-new-kidron-ai-chatbot-rules.md) - But there is still a long way to go.
- [Opting out](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-government-ai-copyright-update.md) - No way through on AI and Copyright
- [Not Washington, not Beijing](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/rachel-reeves-mais-lecture-ai-vision.md) - Rachel Reeves' AI plan.
- [Down on Labour, bullish on Britain](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/tech-uk-policy-conference-firms-survey.md) - Tech firms are down on the government, but brighter about the future.
- [Nothing in, nothing out](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-ai-copyright-update.md) - What to expect in the government's AI-Copyright update.
- [Power up, crack down](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-tech-energy-competition-policies.md) - Two very different levers to boost UK tech.
- [Lessons from Down Under](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-ai-copyright-debate-march-update.md) - Australia's social media enforcer speaks
- [Move fast, build sovereign](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-ai-sovereignty-push.md) - But can we pause for a sec?
- [Anthropic and the UK — a perfect fit?](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-courts-anthropic-trump-blacklisting.md) - Dumped by Trump, London courts Anthropic.
- [Two great industries, one endless battle](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/the-uk-ai-copyright-debate-is-stuck.md) - The AI-Copyright debate is stuck
- [An anti-Big Tech lobby starts up](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-aim-anti-big-tech-lobby.md) - Two lawyers take on Big Tech.
- [How Labour should talk about AI](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-labour-party-ai-messaging.md) - Government messaging on AI is half right.
- [Cloud over competition](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/cma-cloud-inquiry-chair-kip-meek-quits.md) - The chair of the CMA's cloud inquiry quits.
- [Beyond a ban](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/uk-government-consults-on-teen-social-media-restrictions.md) - What to expect on the social media and AI chatbots consultation.
- [What to expect from The Morning Intelligence](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/what-to-expect.md) - What it'll cover, who's it for and how much it will cost.
- [Why I founded The Morning Intelligence](https://www.themorningintelligence.uk/founders-note.md) - A note from the founder

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