Great spot from @jbambridge.bsky.social here - Palantir getting its biggest-ever contract with the MoD. No competitive process, triple what they were awarded last time www.politico.eu/article/pala...

Politico's @mizyjudah.bsky.social and Tom Bristow scooped the UK's nudification ban more than a month ago - we'll be keeping a close eye on how the gov plans to enforce it. Watch this space! www.politico.eu/article/uk-s...

I hate that AI has made me approach cute animal videos with an air of suspicion. I resent having to harden my heart to the possibility of an unlikely friendship between a very large dog and a very small one

"We must ally with the hard men," Musk mutters, stuffing cherry tomatoes into his mouth

Some great reporting here from @heroceane.bsky.social on how Apple's AI is getting fine-tuned to deal with *sensitive* issues like politics, copyright, and Apple's brand image www.politico.eu/article/appl...

Important reporting here - the HO has steadfastly resisted attempts from MPs, immigration lawyers, and campaigners (plus Mizy) to find out how often the UK's eVisa system malfunctions. A glitch could be devastating, as it could falsely call someone's immigration status into question.

Did you know Britain's spies have their own VC fund? Well they do, and it's coming out of stealth www.politico.eu/article/brit...

SCOOP for @politico.eu: GP leaders are drafting a formal complaint to the Information Commissioner alleging that NHS England broke the law by training generative AI model Foresight on patient records. www.politico.eu/article/doct...

From @mizyjudah.bsky.social: the methodology the UK gov used to calculate how much civil service work can be done by AI assumes that 62% of the work done by the most junior civil servants is "routine" (i.e. AI can do it) www.politico.eu/article/uk-g...

From Politico's Tom Bristow: Labour's mad rush towards AI is falling way, way short of being a vote-winner www.politico.eu/article/labo...

Fun to see Meta pursuing the Ursula-the-sea-witch style of AI data mining (www.theverge.com/news/658602/...)

Amused if slightly exasperated to report that the government's copyright plans to make creatives "opt out" of having their works scraped for AI are pleasing no-one, AI firms included. www.politico.eu/article/open...

Rachel Reeves told Kuenssberg that talks with the US about potentially scrapping the Digital Services Tax are 'ongoing.' Tech secretary Peter Kyle went a step further, telling us that 'nothing is off the table' in negotiations with the US www.politico.eu/article/noth...

Report on Musk long enough and you start to see him say the same things over and over. He agreed to buy Twitter then made sweeping accusations about fraud and bots to try to break the deal. He also accused Twitter of harboring "ghost employees" who took paychecks. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

Nice article on #DeepSeek global political / economic impacts, with a paragraph towards the end talking to me. The Daily Upside by Isobel Hamilton @hamilbug.bsky.social www.thedailyupside.com/technology/a...

Refreshing piece by Amy Fleming in The Guardian, where I joined scholars to unpack misconceptions that disempower parents & young people around tech. Evidence doesn’t support fear—our approach shouldn’t either. Let’s pause panic & do better for families in 2025! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...