The UK cannot become dependent on foreign AI technology that can be switched off at short notice, says George Williamson, head of the Alan Turing Institute (Report, 10 October). The growing opposition to Palantir, an American company, having government contracts that give it access to sensitive data are all part of the same issue. The UK does not have digital sovereignty.
This is not a theoretical problem. The US government imposed targeted sanctions on the international criminal court, stopping all digital services to certain individuals. This could happen to a country.
