• UK can be ‘AI sweet spot’: Starmer’s tech minister on regulation, Musk, and free speech

    Technology secretary Peter Kyle has the task of making Britain a leading player in the AI revolution, but says economic growth will not come at the cost of online safetyWith the NHS still struggling, a prisons crisis still teetering and Britain’s borrowing costs soaring, there are few easy jobs going in Keir Starmer’s cabinet at present.But even in such difficult times, the task of convincing Silicon Valley’s finest to help make Britain a leader in the artificial intelligence (
  • Tech giants told UK online safety laws ‘not up for negotiation’

    Senior cabinet minister promises not to dilute new measures despite Zuckerberg’s attacks on countries ‘censoring’ contentBritain’s new laws to boost safety and tackle hate speech online are “not up for negotiation”, a senior government minister has warned, after Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg vowed to join Donald Trump to pressure countries they regard as “censoring” content.In an interview with the Observer, Peter Kyle, the technology secretary, sai