The Latest Breaking News from Peter Kyle

UK switches on AI supercomputer that will help spot sick cows and skin cancer

Hopes £225m Isambard-AI in Bristol will unleash new era of technological, medical and social breakthroughs

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2025

UK’s most powerful supercomputer comes online in major AI drive

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle flicked the switch on the Isambard-AI machine in Bristol on Thursday.

Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2025

Scotland will be at ‘forefront of UK’s technological revolution’, says Murray

The UK Government plans to site an AI Growth Zone north of the border and make Edinburgh home to the first National Supercomputing Centre.

Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2025

UK government’s deal with Google ‘dangerously naive’, say campaigners

Company to provide free technology and ‘upskill’ civil servants but concerns raised over UK data being held on US servers

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2025

Google Cloud and UK Government reveal major push to end "ball and chain" legacy tech

UK Government partnership will also see Google Cloud upskill 100,000 UK civil servants.

TechRadar · Jul 9, 2025

UK Government-subsidised restaurant to be launched in Scotland

A state-subsidised restaurant is to open in Scotland to provide “universal access” to nutritious and sustainably-produced food in social settings

The National (Scotland) · Jul 8, 2025

State-subsidised restaurants to offer nutritious food to deprived households

The restaurants will particularly meet the needs of deprived households with children, Science and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said.

Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2025

Minister demands overhaul of UK’s leading AI institute

Peter Kyle calls for new leadership at Alan Turing Institute and greater focus on defence and national security

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2025

Whitehall’s ambition to cut costs using AI is fraught with risk

No 10 must decide whether to ‘build or buy’ its AI technology as ministers increasingly lean on it to tackle crises

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2025

Gov.uk smartphone app to launch with limited functionality

First version steers users to existing webpages, with AI chatbot, notifications and digital driving licences to follow

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2025