Benedict Cooney
@benedictcooney
@InstituteGC
We’ve come a long way!
In #Zanzibar, we’re working with @planet to turn satellite data into strategic decisions that improve lives. From urban planning to marine mapping, Zanzibar is combining global innovation with local ambition to reimagine governance for the 21st century. Watch now:…
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Today was my last day at No 10 as the Prime Minister’s Adviser on AI. It’s been a privilege to serve over the last year and - I hope - to make a small contribution to putting the UK on the path to being an AI winner
This resonates so heavily with what we’ve been advocating. It’s a very clear message about how seriously the US takes leadership on this technology. @matthewclifford brilliantly laid out our ambition. We have to act with urgency
🇺🇸 Today is a day we have been working towards for six months. We are announcing America’s AI action plan putting us on the road to continued AI dominance. The three core themes: - Accelerate AI innovation - Build American AI infrastructure - Lead in international AI…
“The UK government is forecasting a technological event on the scale of the steam engine, then responding as if it were a smartphone upgrade.” Great piece
It's trendy for politicians to show off extremely short timelines. In the UK, this is especially curious given (a) the Secretary of State for technology is one of them and (b) with a few notable exceptions, the UK is behaving as if AGI is centuries away Link below 🇬🇧
Great news for the UK 🚀
The Ellison Institute of Technology – EIT.org Years ago, along with Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and others, I declared support for the Giving Pledge—because I believed and continue to believe that practicing philanthropy by giving to nonprofit organizations that…
A more muscular centre needs a much sharper focus on freedom of speech, enterprise and the individual. The state needs to shrink, but not just because it’s onerous. For many it feels oppressive and not aligned to their interests. To beat Reform, it’s a fight to be taken on
“An enormously difficult context means Labour must be more radical, not less – and fundamentally rewrite the rules of the state.” 🎯
There have been many achievements, but the lesson from the first year of government is that only radical, bold and fundamental reform of the state will do. Or we face political disaster. My piece for @NewStatesman 👇 newstatesman.com/politics/2025/…
The US and China are in a full-stack AI arms race. India is wiring up digital public infra at warp speed and the Gulf states are buying petaflops like oil fields. Europe? It's still debating the instruction manual. But there were many at @raais who give me hope --…
“The current approach to the Spending Review is so bureaucratic and labour-intensive that almost any technology-powered improvements would save time and money.” institute.global/insights/polit…
Ilan’s efforts have been heroic and it’s sad to see him leave. But ARIA is now motoring and this is an amazing opportunity for who comes next. Whoever that is: the country needs you!
Big news: we’re kicking off the search for ARIA’s next CEO. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to lead one of the most ambitious orgs in science and tech. 1/8
“City advisers say London’s IPO hopes for 2025 now rest largely on a tinned tuna business.” on.ft.com/43HxwSU
“Basically all incumbents are going to get nuked, and everything is going to be rebuilt.” Same is true in politics. New operating models will emerge.
“By 2024, there will be more than 160 professorships for Gender Studies in Germany. That's more than all the positions for the STEM subjects of medical physics (28), neuroinformatics (28.5), or applied nuclear physics (just six positions) combined.” welt.de/wirtschaft/plu…
U.K. Government announces shift to 10 year R&D budgets - another core recommendation of the Blair-Hague New National Purpose reports implemented.
It’s not a quango. It’s not a secret government plan to dim the sun. It is a way for British entrepreneurs and scientists to set their ambitions unreasonably high. It’s good. samf.substack.com/p/three-techno…
The change can come quicker. It shouldn’t have been the case, but they can be explained as us living in a different world. The policy drive in the US has changed the reality and we need to chart a new course on.ft.com/4kcgwcG
Security first, economic efficiency second, environment third. carlyle.com/sites/default/…
