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Kanishka Narayan, your new Minister for the AI Bros
pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/21/new-uk-pm-andy-burnham-puts-ai-britain-into-the-cabinet - blog post
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Burnham eyes Jonathan Reynolds to lead beefed-up business department ft.com/content/fec8b92e-081f-469f-b1c0-576316c75def
How Andy Burnham will start: digital ID axed, cabinet post for AI thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/how-andy-burnham-will-start-digital-id-axed-cabinet-post-for-ai-g8vr2d89s
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for AI and Online Safety) (archive) web.archive.org/web/20250923120724/https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state-minister-for-ai-and-online-safety
Burnham Appoints First AI Minister to Cabinet in Tech Reshuffle bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-20/burnham-names-narayan-as-uk-s-first-ai-minister-to-new-cabinet
AI minister: UK sets sights on global AI leadership, not Silicon Valley emulation cityam.com/ai-minister-uk-sets-sights-on-global-ai-leadership-not-silicon-valley-emulation
Tech Report: Kimi 3: AI still isn’t profitable: David Gerard youtube.com/watch?v=a53vcZhKOck&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Previously on Pivot to AI:
UK government plans to splurge billions on AI — we step through the tricky details pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/13/uk-government-plans-to-splurge-billions-on-ai-we-step-through-the-tricky-details
UK science secretary Peter Kyle cribs ChatGPT for advice pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/13/foi-reveals-uk-science-secretary-peter-kyle-cribs-chatgpt-for-advice
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Kanishka Narayan, your new Minister for the AI Bros
pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/21/new-uk-pm-andy-burnham-puts-ai-britain-into-the-cabinet - blog post
Patreon: patreon.com/davidgerard
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/A1529D5
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Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com
Sources:
Burnham eyes Jonathan Reynolds to lead beefed-up business department ft.com/content/fec8b92e-081f-469f-b1c0-576316c75def
How Andy Burnham will start: digital ID axed, cabinet post for AI thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/how-andy-burnham-will-start-digital-id-axed-cabinet-post-for-ai-g8vr2d89s
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for AI and Online Safety) (archive) web.archive.org/web/20250923120724/https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state-minister-for-ai-and-online-safety
Burnham Appoints First AI Minister to Cabinet in Tech Reshuffle bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-20/burnham-names-narayan-as-uk-s-first-ai-minister-to-new-cabinet
AI minister: UK sets sights on global AI leadership, not Silicon Valley emulation cityam.com/ai-minister-uk-sets-sights-on-global-ai-leadership-not-silicon-valley-emulation
Tech Report: Kimi 3: AI still isn’t profitable: David Gerard youtube.com/watch?v=a53vcZhKOck&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Previously on Pivot to AI:
UK government plans to splurge billions on AI — we step through the tricky details pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/13/uk-government-plans-to-splurge-billions-on-ai-we-step-through-the-tricky-details
UK science secretary Peter Kyle cribs ChatGPT for advice pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/13/foi-reveals-uk-science-secretary-peter-kyle-cribs-chatgpt-for-advice
video: youtube.com/watch?v=oqHi3806cSc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Full Pivot to AI playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Audio-only podcast: pivottoai.libsyn.com
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pivot-to-ai/id1844698298
Image: stock illustration by Arkadi Bojaršinov, background by Studiostoks
