UK's New AI Minister Prioritizes Manufacturing with DeepMind and Arm
jasonbaldridge · x · 2026-07-24
The UK government has appointed Kanishka Narayan as its new AI Minister. He outlined two core priorities: reindustrializing through AI manufacturing by collaborating with leaders like DeepMind's Demis Hassabis and Arm to create local jobs, and leveraging AI to bolster national security and cyber defense capabilities.
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