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Hosted by Niels Footman and Matt Wilkinson · 🇺🇸 us · EN-GB · 35 episodes
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There's some amazing stuff going on with AI in the UK. From its thriving AI startup ecosystem to its world-class universities, the UK really does have a lot to be positive about.But it faces massive challenges too – financing, regulation and the way it copes with the huge structural changes that AI promises to bring.Every week, AI consultants Matt Wilkinson and Niels Footman discuss some of the latest AI news, surveys and developments and offer context on how AI is developing in their homeland.
Niels Footman and Matt Wilkinson hosts AI in the UK, a technology show with 35 episodes published.
On this week's show, Matt Wilkinson and Niels Footman discuss: In a major shake-up, DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis has stepped back from his CEO role at Google DeepMind to become Google's chief scientist. What's really
This week, Matt Wilkinson and Niels Footman discuss: Hot on the heels of OpenAI and Anthropic revealing major security breaches by their agents, the UK’s AI Security Institute announced a rogue agent of its own. How conc
In moves that have both confounded and delighted the tech industry, Andy Burnham has made the AI minister a Cabinet role (and kept Kanishka Narayan in place) while abolishing the department tasked with driving the govern
This week, Matt and Niels talk to Chris Jeyes, a criminal barrister of more than 20 years standing and now the founder of Lextrapolate, an AI training, governance and strategy consultancy for the legal profession. We dis
On this week's show, Matt Wilkinson and Niels Footman discuss: UK tech investment enjoyed its strongest start to the year for four years, with AI accounting for nearly three-quarters of VC funding. How can the UK sustain
This week, Matt Wilkinson and Niels Footman discuss: The UK government's defence review has earmarked £5bn for the development of autonomous drones. Just how big a deal is this? How much water do UK data centres actually
In this week's episode, Matt Wilkinson and Niels Footman discuss: The UK is set to get its seventh PM in 10 years. Just how is AI policy likely to change under an Andy Burnham government? Demand for AI specialists is sur
This week, Matt Wilkinson and Niels Footman discuss: New studies show that Brits are fast AI adopters but profound agentic sceptics. Meanwhile, 50% of productivity gains are lost to "botsitting". How can we make sense of
This week, Matt Wilkinson and Niels Footman discuss: New studies show that Brits are fast AI adopters but profound agentic sceptics. Meanwhile, 50% of productivity gains are lost to "botsitting". How can we make sense of
This week, Matt Wilkinson and Niels Footman discuss: The government hosted its first AI Adoption Summit on Monday and the future of work was at the top of the agenda. Amid major job cuts and ambitious upskilling schemes,
This week, Matt Wilkinson and Niels Footman discuss: Yet more DeepMind alumni score major funding rounds for AI startups. But what exactly do Inherent and Orbital do?A key advertising body predicts UK spend on agentic ad
This week, Matt Wilkinson and Niels Footman discuss: Three+ years into the AI revolution and UK law firms are still getting tripped up by hallucinations. Why is this still happening? Sit down for this one: a new report f
In this week's episode, Niels Footman and Matt Wilkinson discuss: The UK blows past its datacentre energy forecasts and the threshold at which resistance and regulation kick in. Trouble ahead?Touting AI as a workforce mu
On this week's show, Matt Wilkinson and Niels Footman sit down with Keith Swain, Managing Director of Solveway Apprenticeships, one of the first providers authorised to deliver the government's new Level 5 AI Leadership
On this week's AI in the UK, Matt Wilkinson and Niels Footman discuss: Are AIs with warm personalities more prone to peddling misinformation? A leading UK research institute think so... The fallout from Mythos continues
In this week's show, Matt Wilkinson and Niels Footman discuss: A DeepMind cofounder has landed a $1bn seed round for his London start-up. Could Ineffable AI propel the UK to the frontier AI big leagues?Ex-PM Rishi Sunak
In this week's AI in the UK, Niels Footman and Matt Wilkinson discuss: Anthropic has produced a model apparently so fearsome, the Bank of England governor cited it as a security risk in a recent speech. How real is the t
In this week's episode, Matt Wilkinson and Niels Footman discuss: UK pension funds finally back a British AI company, just as the government quietly cuts the tax relief that funds startups in the first placeOpenAI freeze
In this week's episode, Matt Wilkinson and Niels Footman discuss: In the UK and around the world, a growing number of cases appear to show clear mental health risks associated with the use of AI bots. But is AI actually
In this week's show, Matt Wilkinson and Niels Footman discuss: Eight months into a showcase partnership with OpenAI, the government reveals it has undertaken "zero" joint projects so far. Who's to blame?AI disinformation
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