Richard R Lee#FakeAI. #DigitalGrifters.
#GriftersGonnaGrift. The #UKGov has been swindled out of billions by those #WorkingTheDigitalGrift going back at least two decades now. This is just the latest chapter. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/13/britain-fake-numbers-ai-investment-politics?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#GriftersGonnaGrift. The #UKGov has been swindled out of billions by those #WorkingTheDigitalGrift going back at least two decades now. This is just the latest chapter. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/13/britain-fake-numbers-ai-investment-politics?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
British politics is hooked on flashy fake numbers – and the AI investment debacle proves it
A claim that the UK is attracting billions of pounds in AI investment has been debunked. That’s no surprise when our establishment runs on dubious ‘good news’, says Jonathan Portes, a professor at King’s College London and former senior civil servant