Britain’s military dependence on American technology

The government was warned that the MoD’s reliance on Palantir risks becoming a strategic vulnerability for the U.K. — and flies in the face of the government’s promise to boost the U.K.’s “sovereign capabilities” in AI and other key technologies. The contract, worth three times more than a previous MoD agreement with Palantir signed in 2022, will see the company play a key role in modernizing the U.K.’s armed forces A technology company with close ties to the Trump […]

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/19/labour-save-itself-from-disaster-keir-starmer-panel-part-two „The US-UK '#TechProsperityDeal' exemplifies how not to structure #tech investment. £31bn from US firms like #OpenAI, #Microsoft and #Nvidia comes with public sector AI outsourcing and potential scrapping of the Digital Services Tax. This isn't about #innovation —it's about value extraction.“ Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom in @TheGuardian #aiforpublicgood #AI