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Tech Leaders Urge Government to Commit 20bn to British AI Sovereignty

Executives at BT, Leonardo and Hewlett Packard Enterprise have signed a letter urging ministers to commit more than £20bn over five years to sovereign AI infrastructure. The letter warns countries without domestic compute risk becoming dependent on decisions made elsewhere.

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