Mercedes rides the AI Wayve with self-driving deal September 22, 2026 Mercedes-Benz will put British start-up Wayve’s self-driving technology into its cars within two years, handing the London AI firm its third major production deal in less than nine months. The German carmaker has signed a production agreement to integrate Wayve’s AI Driver into future models, allowing cars to handle point-to-point journeys through cities with advanced [...]
OpenAI and Anthropic summoned to parliament on fears UK AI rules ‘not fit for future’ September 22, 2026 OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Deepmind and Meta have been summoned to an urgent parliamentary hearing on AI safety, as MPs warn Britain’s rules around the technology are “not yet fit for the future”. Liam Byrne, chair of the Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee, has invited senior representatives from all four AI giants to appear before [...]
Burnham and Trump strike UK-US defence AI deal September 22, 2026 Britain will link its military AI taskforce with its US counterpart under a new defence pact, deepening transatlantic tech ties as AI plays a growing role on the battlefield. The UK’s Defence Rapid AI Delivery Taskforce will work with the US Department of War’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office to accelerate the deployment of [...]
Nscale vows stay in UK despite £35bn US stock market listing September 22, 2026 Nscale has vowed to keep Britain at the heart of its global expansion despite choosing New York over London for its blockbuster float, as the AI infrastructure firm looks to turn its UK base into an export hub for computing power. The Nvidia-backed firm believes jobs and expertise built in Britain can serve customers around [...]
Ban non-compete clauses to ‘boost Britain’s fastest growing firms’ September 22, 2026 Rising hiring costs and difficulties recruiting talent are making it harder for Britain’s most promising companies to grow, with three quarters saying they could create at least 10 per cent more jobs if barriers to expansion were removed. New research from Enterprise Britain found the cost of employing staff has become one of the main [...]
OpenAI’s rogue AI acted ‘like uni students after too many beers’ September 21, 2026 The rogue AI agents behind OpenAI’s unprecedented Hugging Face cyber attack behaved like “university students who’ve had too many beers”, a cyber expert told City AM, saying the breach was more a triumph of persistence than intelligence. Charl van der Walt, global head of security research at Orange Cyberdefense, said that despite the alarm triggered [...]
Tony Blair warns leaders to resist growing AI ‘techlash’ September 21, 2026 Tony Blair has warned governments against bowing to a growing “techlash” over AI, arguing that slowing adoption could leave countries poorer and less secure as concerns over the technology mount. A report from the Tony Blair Institute (TBI), published on Monday, said political leaders in the US and UK were facing growing pressure to hold [...]
GOV.UK founder warns Britain is ‘dangerously dependent’ on foreign AI September 21, 2026 Britain risks becoming “dangerously dependent” on a handful of foreign tech companies as AI spreads through businesses and public services, the founder of GOV.UK has warned. Mike Bracken, who founded the Government Digital Service and led the creation of GOV.UK, said organisations were steadily giving up control of critical systems as they turned to external [...]
Labour warned UK at risk of foreign tech giants ‘pulling the plug’ September 18, 2026 Labour has “no plan” if foreign technology companies or governments cut Britain off from systems underpinning critical services, the Liberal Democrats have warned, after ministers acknowledged the risks posed by the UK’s reliance on overseas tech. Victoria Collins, the Lib Dems’ tech spokesperson, accused the government of handing “contract after contract to foreign tech oligarchs” [...]
Former Labour deputy joins Palantir as tech giant targets UK growth September 18, 2026 Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson has joined Palantir as a senior vice president as the US tech firm looks to expand its work with the British government while facing mounting scrutiny over its public sector contracts. Watson, who served as an MP for 18 years and held ministerial roles under Gordon Brown, will work [...]
