PETER’S FRIENDS
WHAT might be behind the government’s seeming reticence to regulate the nascent AI industry?
Information obtained by the Democracy for Sale newsletter suggests it’s possible that lobbying by the tech sector might have played a part. In the six months after the 2024 general election, Labour ministers and senior civil servants met with tech industry executives and lobbyists an average of six times a week, with Google alone enjoying 46 encounters.