Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A year after being created, GBRX has done one thing: write a rail industry AI action plan. And it is absolutely shambolic.

It is also insightful about the direction Britain's railways are being taken in, and who is taking them there. Featuring: Amazon, Google, NVIDIA, OpenAI and... Palantir. It's grim, but it's important.

Read Cory Doctorow's essay: pluralistic.net/2026/08/01/dare-snot/#i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again

Support #Railnatter at patreon.com/garethdennis. Merch at https://merch.railnatter.uk. Join in the discussion at https://discord.railnatter.uk. You can also buy my book #HowTheRailwaysWillFixTheFuture: bit.ly/HowTheRailways