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Last week the UK and the US agreed a new technology partnership, aimed at developing fast-growing technologies like AI, quantum and nuclear, in order to help provide new innovations in sectors like healthcare.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/us-uk-pact-will-boost-advances-in-drug-discovery-create-tens-of-thousands-of-jobs-and-transform-lives
US-UK pact will boost advances in drug discovery, create tens of thousands of jobs and transform lives

The first ever UK-US tech agreement will bring new healthcare breakthroughs, clean homegrown energy, and more investment into local communities and businesses in Britain and the United States.

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Sep 27, 2025 at 9:22amWeb
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The announcement coincided with news that a host of different US companies would be investing in the UK's AI and tech infrastructure, which could potentially lead to problems for people's privacy.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2nllgl3q7o
US to invest £150bn in UK, promising thousands of jobs

The UK government is calling this the largest commercial deal of its kind and expects it to create more than 7,600 "high-quality jobs".

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Health data is highly sensitive, and a core part of the medical profession is the trust between patient and doctor, which may be violated when unfamiliar third parties like Big Tech companies become involved.
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Read our reflections on the growing trend of third party involvement in the UK healthcare space, and the potential danger of promoting innovation in healthcare at the expense of privacy and data protection.
https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5680/patient-data-and-healthcare-ai-boom
Patient data and the healthcare AI boom

As governments consider adopting AI for public services, one particularly tricky area is the use of AI on health data. Patients’ data must be treated safely, as trust is essential to healthcare. In the rush to deploy AI, however, it’s too tempting to side-step real safeguards.

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