Matt Clifford

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The Rest Is Money · 300. Does Burnham get AI? · 29 Jul 2026 podcast

Yeah, I think, you know, as you said, I was very concerned when, you know, with rumors about the move started.

But, you know, maybe if I start with some of the positives that have come out since and then sort of almost talk a little bit about what I think the tech community would want to see to feel that actually things were in a good place.

You know, the good news is, I think, as although, you know, I think it is a real shame to see DeSit dismantled.

And I think its achievements in just three years are, I think, pretty extraordinary.

You know, I think it is totally fair, as you know, various people in the new government have said.

pointed out that actually, in some ways, AI in particular is being elevated now.

So, you know, we have for the first time the AI minister attending cabinet, we have an AI task force in cabinet office, jointly reporting to the prime minister and the cabinet secretary, led by, you know, a senior civil servant who was doing the senior AI role in DCIT.

So in terms of the

The teams that were built in DCIT, which I think were very, very high caliber, both from internal Whitehall talent and external experts, they're being maintained.

They're being moved to different places, but they are being maintained.

I think the question that people will still have is just...

What do we actually see now in terms of strategy and delivery?

So I'm a little bit biased because I wrote the strategy for the previous prime minister, the opportunities action plan.

I think it's a good strategy.

I think that said, I'd be the first to say it's two years since I started working on that.

Lots has changed in AI.

In AI years, two years is forever.

And so, you know, I would like to see a recognition that actually in that time, the technology has advanced a huge amount.

The politics has changed a lot.

The geopolitics has changed a lot.

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