Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 31 minutes ago

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just a £20b government press release
pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/06/openai-stargate-uk-plan-was-completely-fake - blog post

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Sources:

Revealed: UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on ‘phantom investments’ theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/09/revealed-uks-multibillion-ai-drive-is-built-on-phantom-investments
OpenAI’s apparent failure to visit key site raises questions over UK investment theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/04/openai-apparent-failure-visit-key-site-questions-stargate-uk-project

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 AI Action Plan: vaporware, crypto bros, and no AI pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/10/uk-ai-action-plan-vaporware-crypto-bros-and-no-ai
OpenAI pulls out of Stargate UK data centre pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/10/openai-pulls-out-of-stargate-uk-data-centre

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