The Future of AI

August 21, 2026•74 words

Back in March I submitted written evidence to the Business and Trade Committee Inquiry on 'Artificial Intelligence, business and the future of the workforce'.

Well, I say 'evidence' but really it was an argument for the Committee to recommend a move away from hyperscalers towards smaller models for specific business purposes where inference can be done on sovereign, sustainable compute.

It has now been published by Parliament, so I am allowed to share it.

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