UK ministers have accepted £728,000 from Meta to fund AI projects for defence, national security and transport. The money will pay four British AI experts through the Alan Turing Institute. The move follows 50 meetings between Meta executives and ministers over two years, raising concerns about close ties with US tech giants. At the same time, the government is consulting on a ban on social media use by under‑16s, which would hit Meta’s Instagram. Tech campaigners question what Meta gains, while the deal is framed as speeding up public‑service digital transformation.
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