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Digital Economy Dispatch #279 -- The Rise of AI Factories: Will They Succeed Where Software Factories Failed?
AI factories, purpose-built infrastructure for training and running AI, are becoming a real, fast-growing category with a big role to play in AI sovereignty. The UK must act strategically or risk increasing its infrastructure dependencies..
Digital Economy Dispatch #278 -- What Digitising Government Teaches Us About AI Sovereignty
The UK's GDS success came from consolidating demand and diversifying supply. The UK AI strategy risks doing the reverse by fragmenting demand and concentrating supply but with sovereignty and geopolitical stakes far higher.
Digital Economy Dispatch #277 -- With Great AI Power Comes Great Responsibility...And a Big Bill
AI tools are advancing fast, and their deployment across tasks and roles is accelerating. But at what cost? The questions of what we owe — and what we'll be charged — have never been more urgent. Or more misunderstood.
Digital Economy Dispatch #274 -- The 9% Problem: What the Data Says About The UK’s AI Readiness
Before we talk about making AI work for Britain, we need to look honestly at where we're starting from. The government's own data tells a story that deserves far more attention than it has received.
Digital Economy Dispatch #271 -- Vibe Coding and the Dawn of Disposable AI
While AI coding assistants dramatically lower the barrier to building software, the true shift lies in the move toward "disposable code", where the traditional value of a permanent codebase is replaced by a landscape of rapid prototyping, security risks, and the evaporation of intellectual property moats.
Digital Economy Dispatch #269 -- Why Strategy is Not Just Delivery
With the remarkable speed at which AI is moving, it's important to be reminded that action alone isn't strategy. True AI success requires balancing agile delivery with deep analysis, long-term governance, and experienced judgment.
Digital Economy Dispatch #267 -- AI and the Reinvigoration of the Creative Economy
While doom and gloom dominate AI headlines, something remarkable is happening. For innovators, entrepreneurs, and communicators, AI has become a catalyst for creativity and possibility like nothing we've seen before.