NEW: Everyone is scrambling to figure out what to do about deepfakes. In the UK, officials and regulators are exploring whether leveraging intellectual property & data protection law might yield some practical tools.

(Only for Pros)

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It’s here! Some new additions, and high profile departures, in Britain’s Westminster power couples 2024 ranking 👀 Enjoy! politico.eu/article/britai…

Get your calendars out: UK data bill set for Lords' grilling across 9 sessions in late March, April and May.

Head to Politico Pro for exact dates: w/ Laurie Clarke

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❗️New: After Meta, TikTok is the second very large online platform to go after the European Commission over its levy to fund the enforcement of its new content moderation law, the Digital Services Act (DSA).

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🇪🇺EU Act: Done✅. Now it's the Brits' turn to set out their approach to the emerging technology 🇬🇧.

Here's what to expect from their response on Tuesday, via the POLITICO Pro Morning Technology UK newsletter.

w/ Joe Bambridge Tom Bristow Laurie Clarke Oscar Williams

EXCLUSIVE: UK government is preparing to abandon its efforts for a voluntary, industry-led solution to the issue of copyright and AI after accepting that IPO brokered talks failed to reach consensus.

Now considering next steps.

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This is brilliant 😂

Cracker of a scoop from Graham Lanktree

Ultra China hawk Liz Truss lobbied ministers to approve arms sales to … China.

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In POLITICO's Morning Technology UK newsletter today:

🧐 NGOs call on Britain's competition watchdog to probe Microsoft/OpenAI.
🗓️ Tech sec Michelle Donelan sets a date for Britain's tech priorities in '24.
💉Palantir gets into trouble with the NHS.

The government is shaping to use a series of announcements early in the new year to subtly shift its narrative on AI once again, now emphasising the economic benefits of adopting the tech

By me and Tom Bristow

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NEW: Tory MP Andrew Rosindell has been under arrest since May 2022 on suspicion of rape + other offences.

During that time he has been absent from parliament, yet has accepted foreign trips worth £8,548.

This shouldn't be hard to report, but it is. Read: politico.eu/article/uk-lib…

A day earlier, Alofami appeared on an IEA panel titled 'Does the Digital Markets Bill Threaten Britain’s economy?'

More on how big tech and libertarian think tanks have formed a marriage of convenience by Tom Bristow (currently for Pros)

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New: EU 'crazy' to consider carve out for foundation models in AI act, 'Godfather of AI' Yoshua Bengio told me. He warned bloc risks 'law of the jungle' for most advanced forms of the tech.

Story for pros:
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The government laid almost 200 amendments to its Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill this morning. The changes meet some of Big Tech's big asks after months of lobbying. pro.politico.eu/news/171571

Today, starting at 2pm, we have Meta and Microsoft - two firms with different business models and different approaches - giving evidence to our Inquiry about #AI Large Language Models. 👇

Tech minister Paul
Scully says he’s got the elbow. He was meant to be meeting tech firms tomorrow to explain expected gov climbdown on competition bill.

what's David Cameron been up to recently on the international stage, I hear you ask

Who is Michelle Donelan - the government minister opening Rishi Sunak’s AI summit today? She has dealt the the egos of superstar wrestlers, and saw Britain’s controversial online safety laws over the line. A profile by me and ⁦Tom Bristow⁩. politico.eu/article/uk-tec…

ICYMI... I interviewed U.S. tech ambassador Nathaniel Fick for Monday's episode of @POLITICO Tech. We talked about the social media response to the Israel-Hamas conflict, and the G-7's forthcoming AI agreement.

Listen here: politico-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/natha…

We are featured in this must read for everyone at #Lab23 by Tom Bristow at POLITICOEurope.

David Puttnam: 'I am so angry... We’re wandering into a general election a year from now, with no party actually putting their hand up, saying this has got to stop.”

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