UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan told the Financial Times that Prime Minister Keir Burnham's push to 'reindustrialise' Britain will center on chips and drones, with technology seen as a way for the cou…
The UK and Israel appointed their first national AI chiefs this week, signaling a shift in how governments treat artificial intelligence. UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham named Kanishka Narayan as Brita…
Kanishka Narayan, born in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, was appointed UK Minister for Artificial Intelligence on July 20, 2026, as part of Prime Minister Andy Burnham's cabinet reshuffle, becoming the first eth…
Andy Burnham faced immediate questions over his decision to abolish the tech department on Tuesday, as peers warned the move risked disrupting Britain's AI strategy. One peer called the reorganisation…
Kanishka Narayan has become the UK's first cabinet-level AI minister under new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who scrapped the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and folded its rem…
Andy Burnham has promoted Kanishka Narayan to a Cabinet position as Britain's AI minister, making the UK the first country in Europe to give AI a dedicated Cabinet-level minister. Matt Clifford, who a…
Kanishka Narayan, born in Bihar, India, and raised in Cardiff, has been appointed as the UK's new AI minister at the Cabinet level, shaping British AI policy.…
U.K. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy remains in post under new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, overseeing the BBC's royal charter renewal and the Paramount/Warner Bros. Discovery merger, while Kanishka Nara…
UK Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has been removed from his role and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has been abolished in a cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Keir Star…
Britain's AI opportunity depends on infrastructure, alliances with India, and public trust, Kanishka Narayan MP told an Indiaspora dinner of 40 Indian-origin business leaders and policymakers in Londo…
AI minister Kanishka Narayan said the UK must build enough domestic AI capability to “shape our own destiny” rather than rely on overseas tech giants, as the government accelerates its push to develop…
AI and online safety minister Kanishka Narayan said the risk from big AI providers is less about dependence on any single country and more about overreliance on narrow supply chains, in response to a …
UK AI infrastructure company Valarian raised $50m (£37m) in Series A funding led by New Enterprise Associates, as CEO Max Buchan warned the UK cannot become dependent on overseas technology. Buchan ar…
UK AI Minister Kanishka Narayan said AI and technology will remain a priority under likely next prime minister Andy Burnham, citing meetings with Burnham and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall. Narayan …
OpenAI's Stargate UK data center project, announced with a £30 billion investment figure, has been paused after it emerged that OpenAI never visited a key planned site and that roughly £20 billion of …
The UK's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has partnered with BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, to launch the AI Assurance Stakeholder Consortium, tasked with developing a voluntary…
The U.S. government shut down global access to Anthropic's most powerful AI models, triggering a global scramble for sovereign AI as countries realize their dependence on U.S. technology is a strategi…
The White House is expected to reject the UK's request for an exemption from a ban on foreign access to Anthropic's advanced AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, over security concerns. The dispute has ex…
The Trump administration forced Anthropic to take its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models offline, blocking access for foreign nationals including employees. The shutdown has intensified global calls for s…
President Trump banned non-American nationals from accessing Anthropic's newest AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns. Anthropic suspended the models for all users, raisin…