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Our founder Tom Darling recently wrote an essay for Renewal staking out a social democratic position on the AI transition. The piece argues that what is leading the left down a political cul-de-sac of AI denialism is mostly just vibes, which need to be resisted despite stemming from sympathetic impulse to resent the idea we’re all going to have to talk about this issue a lot more. It goes on to argue problem is those concerned with AI safety have been a lot more right than th

Freedom of Information responses from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) reveal four of the nine companies backed by the government's £500m Sovereign AI Fund are ultimately controlled by US parent companies One recipient, Odyssey, is headquartered in the United States, with only an R&D hub in London DSIT confirms no binding conditions were attached to the Fund's equity investments — no requirements on UK jobs, tax residency or the location of intelle

Trade unions and civil society organisations sign open letter to Chancellor Rachel Reeves Groups warn government is "not thinking big enough" as AI threatens to further shift wealth from workers to capital Letter calls for capital gains tax to be increased in line with any shift of income from labour to capital, to prevent AI making machines cheaper than people Intervention marks a step-change in how progressive organisations are engaging with the topic of AI. A coalition of