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Locai Labs and Civo launch Project Mercury to end UK reliance on foreign AI
Today, Locai Labs, the UK’s sovereign AI company, and Civo, the British sovereign cloud provider, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to undertake Project Mercury. The programme aims to build the UK’s first pre-trained, sovereign LLMs, designed to reclaim British digital autonomy. For a decade, the UK has operated as a “digital tenant,” reliant read more
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China spy case exposes new electoral hazards of foreign policy
This article is an on-site version of our Inside Politics newsletter. Subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. If you’re not a subscriber, you can still receive the newsletter free for 30 days Good morning. The biggest story in Westminster today — and not just today but for many months read more
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Qatar Museums, Not a Foreign Nation, Reportedly Tried to Acquire South African Pavilion Work
Yet more details have emerged surrounding the abrupt cancelation of Gabrielle Goliath‘s planned Venice Biennale pavilion for South Africa, with the Daily Maverick publishing a report about the allegations that a foreign nation tried to interfere in her exhibition. Gayton McKenzie, the South African culture minister, controversially said in a statement that he canceled Goliath’s read more
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Quantum Systems and Frontline Robotics set up Europe’s first foreign drone production line for Ukraine
Quantum Systems and Frontline Robotics today announced the creation of “Quantum Frontline Industries” (QFI), a German-Ukrainian joint venture that will establish Europe’s first fully automated, industrial-scale foreign production line for drones for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Under the Build with Ukraine initiative, the new venture will mass-produce battlefield-proven multi-use drones developed by the Ukrainian company read more
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Former Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström joins Nordic Air Defence
Former Swedish foreign minister Tobias Billström has joined Swedish defence tech startup Nordic Air Defence (NAD) as Director of Strategy and Government Affairs, his first full-time role since leaving frontline politics last year. Nordic Air Defence is a Stockholm-headquartered company developing high-tech defensive solutions for both civilian and military use. NAD is a true hardware-software read more
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