GOV.UK founder warns AI gold rush could leave Britain locked in
TMWNN · reddit · 2026-09-24
The founder of GOV.UK warns that the current government AI procurement gold rush risks locking the UK public sector into a handful of tech vendors, repeating past patterns of technological dependency. The Register piece focuses on the risks of governments rushing to adopt AI tools while neglecting open standards and sovereign control.
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