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The rise of powerful AI will be either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity. We do not yet know which."

—Stephen Hawking

Drax, Brookfield Plan £20 Billion AI Data Centre at UK Power Station

Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire, UK, where Drax, Brookfield and Radiant plan to develop a data centre with more than 1GW of capacity. Image: Drax

Drax and Brookfield plan to develop a 1GW AI data centre at the UK’s Drax Power Station. The project could attract more than £20 billion in investment, including £2.5 billion for its first phase, with initial operations targeted for 2028.

NVIDIA Pledges $250 million in Compute Access to Strengthen UKs’ Agentic Safety Research

NVIDIA has pledged $250 million in computing resources over five years to advance AI agent safety and security research in the UK.

NVIDIA will provide $250 million in computing resources over five years to support AI agent safety and security research in the UK, including projects involving the University of Oxford, UCL and Imperial College London.

UK to Deploy Frontier AI Models to Find and Fix Government Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities

UK AI Minister Kanishka Narayan speaks at Base One, Imperial College London, on October 12, 2026, as the government announces plans to use frontier AI models to strengthen national cybersecurity.

“We must build machines that serve us, that help scientists discover new medicines, help British businesses become more productive and above all leave us human beings in charge,” says UK AI Minister Kanishka Narayan.

King Charles Brings AI Chiefs Together in Scotland, Calls for Global Safety Principles

King Charles III with AI industry leaders and UK officials at the AI Summit at Dumfries House in Scotland on September 17, 2026.

King Charles has urged leading AI executives to strengthen safeguards and pursue international cooperation, warning of the “existential dangers” that could arise if advanced AI falls into the wrong hands.

UK Joint Committee Wants Statutory Status for AISI; Says Current AI Framework Inadequate

The UK Parliament in London. The Joint Committee on Human Rights has called the country’s current AI regulatory framework inadequate for addressing AI-specific risks.

The UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights has called the country’s current AI regulatory framework “fundamentally inadequate” for addressing AI-specific risks, urging the government to introduce a new AI law and give statutory powers to the AI Safety Institute.

Matt Clifford, UK AI Strategy Architect, Joins Anthropic Amid Conflict-of-Interest Controversy

Matt Clifford has joined Anthropic as Managing Director of International Affairs, where he will lead the AI company's engagement with governments outside North America.

Matt Clifford joins Anthropic to lead its international government engagement, while his decision to remain Chair of the UK’s ARIA has sparked debate over potential conflicts of interest.