Lord Clement-Jones on AGI could make governments subordinate …

Lord Clement-Jones

Tim Clement-Jones, Baron Clement-Jones CBE; Liberal Democrat peer; UK House of Lords AI policy expert

This episode—and, potentially, the recent OpenAI episode mentioned by some of the noble Baronesses—shows that what we have built in this country is not technological independence but, in the AI Minister’s own phrase, a search for strategic leverage. However, leverage is not control.

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Lord Clement-Jones, UK House of Lords debate, “Digital and Technology Policy: National Sovereignty,” July 23, 2026.

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AGI could make governments subordinate to the companies that develop it

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AI Verified In the cited sovereignty debate, Clement-Jones says reliance on AI providers is leverage rather than control, supporting the government-subordination risk. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Clement-Jones says technological leverage is not control in the AI sovereignty context; this supports “for.” · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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