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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo Global technology editor

FOUND: Google says uk risks being left behind in ai race without more data centres - What They Never Told You

Debbie Weinstein at Google’s offices
Debbie Weinstein, Google’s UK managing director, says ‘proactive action’ is needed to keep the country at the forefront of new tech. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

Google has said that Britain risks being left behind in the global artificial intelligence race unless the government moves quickly to build more datacentres and let tech companies use copyrighted work in their AI models.

The company pointed to research showing that the UK is ranked seventh on a global AI readiness index for data and infrastructure, and called for a number of policy changes.

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