{"slug": "how-britain-can-get-ahead-in-ai", "title": "How Britain can get ahead in AI", "summary": "The Tony Blair Institute's Guy Ward-Jackson and Elizabeth Seger propose that the British government create an open source AI lab, while Re:state's Joe Hill argues that Britain's regulatory system is a total mess and needs fixing. The TBI paper on open source AI and Re:state's paper on the 'law of rule' are discussed on the YIMBY Pod.", "body_md": "# How Britain can get ahead in AI\n\n### Plus why Britain's regulatory system is a total mess\n\nOn * YIMBY Pod* this week:\n\n**Should the British government create an open source AI lab?** We speak to**Guy Ward-Jackson** and**Elizabeth Seger** from the Tony Blair Institute.**Is Britain’s regulatory system out of control?** Re:state’s**Joe Hill** tells us what to do about it.\n\nThe TBI paper on open source AI is [here](https://institute.global/insights/tech-and-digitalisation/open-source-influence-age-of-ai), and Re:state’s paper on the ‘law of rule’ is [here](https://re-state.co.uk/publications/the-law-of-rule-fixing-how-britain-regulates/).\n\nThis week James wrote about [how Britain is fixing it’s airspace problem](https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/britain-is-quietly-fixing-its-airspace), and also why [he’s worried that Andy Burnham isn’t serious](https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/is-andy-burnham-serious).\n\nMartin’s piece on ‘picky bits’ and national decline is [here](https://martinrobbins.substack.com/p/on-picky-bits-and-national-decline), and his YouTube channel is [here](https://www.youtube.com/@MFRobbins).\n\n*Don’t forget to tell your friends about the pod – and leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts!*\n\n**YIMBY Pod is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Substack and hopefully wherever you get your podcasts!**", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-britain-can-get-ahead-in-ai", "canonical_source": "https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/how-britain-can-get-ahead-in-ai", "published_at": "2026-07-20 06:01:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-20 13:57:19.364617+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Tony Blair Institute", "Guy Ward-Jackson", "Elizabeth Seger", "Re:state", "Joe Hill"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-britain-can-get-ahead-in-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-britain-can-get-ahead-in-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-britain-can-get-ahead-in-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-britain-can-get-ahead-in-ai.jsonld"}}