The United Kingdom is committing an act of strategic self harm

The article argues that as autonomous AI agents increasingly communicate directly with each other using machine-readable protocols incomprehensible to humans, nations that don't own their underlying infrastructure will lose control over their digital systems. The UK is particularly vulnerable because it relies on American tech companies to build both the AI systems and their safety controls, and true technological sovereignty requires building independent foundational technologies from the ground up rather than depending on external corporations.