Matthew Sinclair
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British AI companies attracted a record £2.9 billion in investment last year, the Government has announced, as it seeks to position the UK as a global AI leader. email.comms.dehavilland.co.uk/c/eJwUzjHSqyAQ…
🧵 The UK is planning to strengthen the copyright regime by exposing text-and-data mining to mandatory licensing. This could be lose-lose: moderately slower AI adoption would cost between £1300-2300 per year from reduced productivity growth. Creators would in turn get pennies.
🏎️🚨NEW! Startup support programmes are booming. But how well are they performing? For founders, navigating them can be difficult. Too often, it’s unclear which programmes are high-quality, how long they’ll last, or what outcomes they actually deliver. 🧶Here’s what we found..
Really interesting story but it doesn't cover an important angle. Was the Chair of @CommonsPAC told about this expenditure? That might sound odd but in the past often it has been the Chair of the PAC who would have been told about secret spending like this.
Amazon has just announced plans to invest £40 billion in the UK over the next 3 years. This will create thousands of new jobs nationwide. This includes new fulfilment centres in Hull, Northampton, East Midlands, two London offices, and expansions with +100 sites in the UK. 1/2
