Kanishka Narayan

As we cross the threshold into the age of superintelligence, the choices we make now matter… we must build machines that serve us.

It seems likely, if not inevitable, that our own cyber defences will be breached.

If it's going to hit us in a big way, you are going to want to be as ahead of the curve as possible.

If we’re being true to those British values, it is impossible to achieve that without building a sovereign level of datacentre capacity.

AI is already helping scientists discover new medicines, supporting better public services and helping businesses get more done.

I’m not guaranteeing that it’s going to go the right way, but what I am guaranteeing is that I’m going to work every hour, every day to try to make sure it goes right.

People are right to be worried.

It is right that the British public shares those worries, for jobs, for the pace of change.

The best case for it is compelling beyond our dreams: a reindustrialised Britain, stronger national security, public services transformed for the better.

AI is likely the most significant technology in human history. Its impact will dwarf other things.

The evidence base is clear, the motivation is very clear and I wouldn’t do the disservice to teenagers of saying they’re all going to switch it off.

The big thing I’d say is this is part of an overall package that means Britain is now the safest place for young people in their experiences online.

I want young people starting from the earliest possible ages to think deeply, critically, and to value what are human skills more and more.

I welcome the conversation on sovereignty. I feel like I've been going on about it for months and months, and so it's great that there's an even wider focus on it.

Who wins a war today is determined more by who has the drones and AI to win a war, rather than just who has the conventional artillery to win a war?

I believe that the capability a country has in AI is the most important question for its future economy and for its future national security.

It is our industrial strategy in action, turning British ideas into the jobs and industries of the future.

This is what will unlock the next generation of breakthroughs – from training more powerful AI systems to accelerating scientific discovery and creating new products and high-growth businesses.

Today’s milestone in Edinburgh marks a decisive step in delivering our compute roadmap – building the sovereign computing power Britain needs to stay in control of its future in AI and science.