Public spending on AI has ballooned in the UK. There are currently around 1,500 ...

2026-09-03 13:38:18 UTC

Public spending on AI has ballooned in the UK.

There are currently around 1,500 contract worth £3.35B.

Claims that it'll drive efficiencies remain unproven.

In the meantime the UK is tying itself to US companies like Palantir, Amazon, Google, OpenAI and Oracle with risks to our security and resilience.

https://www.tussell.com/insights/ai-procurement-tracker

#ai #publicsector #bigtech #humanrights #ukpolitics #ukpol

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