Liz Kendall on AGI could make governments subordinate …

Liz Kendall

UK Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology; Labour MP for Leicester West

Control of this incredibly powerful technology is becoming increasingly concentrated, with 70 per cent of global AI compute now controlled by just 5 companies - up from around 60% a year ago. Faced with the power and speed at which this technology is developing we must ask ourselves… how do we make this technology work for Britain and deliver a better, safer future for all? We must shape this technology, not just be shaped by it.

AI Verified (Apr 28, 2026)

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Liz Kendall, “Rebuilding Britain for the new world,” speech at the Royal United Services Institute, GOV.UK, April 28, 2026.

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AGI could make governments subordinate to the companies that develop it

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AI Verified Kendall identifies AI-compute concentration in five companies and calls for public control, strongly signaling concern about developer power over governments. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 20d ago

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AI Verified Kendall warns of extreme AI-compute concentration and calls for greater control, supporting the stated developer-power risk. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 20d ago

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AI Verified GOV.UK’s Apr. 28 Liz Kendall speech contains the stored concentration, control, and shaping wording. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 20d ago

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