--- title: AI in the UK - AI news and views from across the UK description: There's some amazing stuff going on with AI in the UK, we're here to shine a light on the good and the bad! image: https://aiintheuk.com/hubfs/AI%20in%20the%20UK%20logo%20sq.jpg --- [![AI in the UK](https://aiintheuk.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/aiintheuk/images/wordmark-on-parchment.svg)](https://aiintheuk.com/?hsLang=en) [Home](https://aiintheuk.com/?hsLang=en) [Episodes](https://aiintheuk.com/blog?hsLang=en) ![The AI in the UK artwork: a man with the words AI in the UK across his eyes and AI news and views from the UK across his mouth, in front of a faded Union Jack](https://aiintheuk.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/aiintheuk/images/full-logo-landscape.jpg?width=1536&height=1024&name=full-logo-landscape.jpg) # AI news and views from the UK There's some amazing stuff going on with AI in the UK. From its thriving AI startup ecosystem to its world-class universities, the UK really does have a lot to be positive about. But it faces massive challenges too: financing, regulation and the way it copes with the huge structural changes that AI promises to bring. Every week, AI consultants Matt Wilkinson and Niels Footman discuss some of the latest AI news, surveys and developments and offer context on how AI is developing in their homeland. ## Never miss an episode ### Subscribe Here! Latest episode · 4 November 2026 [![](https://aiintheuk.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2026-11-03-budget-red-box-photo.png?width=1200&height=800&name=2026-11-03-budget-red-box-photo.png)](https://aiintheuk.com/blog/budget-special-was-this-the-uks-first-ai-budget?hsLang=en) ## [BUDGET SPECIAL: Was This the UK's First AI Budget?](https://aiintheuk.com/blog/budget-special-was-this-the-uks-first-ai-budget?hsLang=en) John Healey unveiled his first budget last week, and while much of the attention focused on measures aimed at easing cost-of-living pressures, the UK chancellor had a few AI-related measures up his sleeve too. With £700 million of new AI sp… [Read the post](https://aiintheuk.com/blog/budget-special-was-this-the-uks-first-ai-budget?hsLang=en) ## Recent episodes ### [![](https://aiintheuk.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2026-11-01-kairinos-jailbreak-photo.png?width=600&height=400&name=2026-11-01-kairinos-jailbreak-photo.png) 1 November 2026 Nik Kairinos from RAIDS AI on Why AI Goes Rogue](https://aiintheuk.com/blog/nik-kairinos-from-raids-ai-on-why-ai-goes-rogue?hsLang=en) ### [![](https://aiintheuk.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Sock%20Puppet%20Evidence%20Lineup.png?width=600&height=400&name=Sock%20Puppet%20Evidence%20Lineup.png) 10 October 2026 AISI v OpenAI: Who's Right on Astra Safety?](https://aiintheuk.com/blog/aisi-v-openai-whos-right-on-astra-safety-the-future-of-work-returns?hsLang=en) ### [![](https://aiintheuk.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ChatGPT%20Image%20Sep%2030%2c%202026%2c%2010_14_23%20AM.png?width=600&height=400&name=ChatGPT%20Image%20Sep%2030%2c%202026%2c%2010_14_23%20AM.png) 30 September 2026 AI Agents Come to Financial Services – What Could Possibly Go Wrong?](https://aiintheuk.com/blog/ai-agents-come-to-financial-services-what-could-possibly-go-wrong-1?hsLang=en) [All episodes](https://aiintheuk.com/blog?hsLang=en) ## Your hosts ![Niels Footman](https://aiintheuk.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Niels%20Footman%20rnd.jpg?width=140&height=140&name=Niels%20Footman%20rnd.jpg) ### Niels Footman Niels Footman is an AI trainer and consultant who has helped hundreds of professionals and numerous companies learn how to make AI actually work for them. Formerly an agency leader, a comms and media professional, and a long-time dweller of Seoul, he loves making AI understandable, approachable and, above all, genuinely helpful! [![](https://aiintheuk.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/aiintheuk/images/icon-linkedin.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nielsfootman/) [footforwardai.com](https://footforwardai.com) ![Matt Wilkinson](https://aiintheuk.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Matt%20Wilkinson%20rnd.png?width=140&height=140&name=Matt%20Wilkinson%20rnd.png) ### Matt Wilkinson Matt helps life sciences companies win the AI marketing game by training algorithms with content and building brand authority that makes customers ask for you by name. He has pioneered PersonaAI- an AI tool that transforms static buyer personas into synthetic customers and assistants. 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