UK navigates AI and defence ties with US as Trump reshapes global order
Amid stormy clashes at presidential level, how is the technology landscape evolving through the melee? Since 2021, the UK has aligned and allied with the US on AI. But continuing to do so since Donald Trump replaced Joe Biden as president is making European allies nervous. AI is increasingly viewed in terms of national (and regional) security, and alarm has grown over Washington’s changed attitudes to the invasion of Ukraine and Nato. With Trump having suspended military aid to Kyiv, Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces a dilemma. There is the UK’s commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty but also its economic and military links to the US, links that have persisted until now, regardless of the colour of the presidency. At a late February press conference with Trump in Washington DC, Starmer unveiled…