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UK Labour MP for Chipping Barnet and Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Minister for Growth).
The pace of investment is too low for what we need to stay at the forefront as AI technology develops.
AI Verified (Nov 8, 2026)
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Dan Tomlinson, UK Minister for Growth, quoted in Gennaro Cuofano, “UK Won’t Slow AI; Data Centre Queue 73GW vs 6GW Forecast,” FourWeekMBA, November 8, 2026. The article reports that Tomlinson said the pace of investment is “too low for what we need to stay at the forefront as AI technology develops,” in the context of the UK not slowing AI development.
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Slow down AI development
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AI Verified “Pace of investment is too low” in AI technology directly opposes slowing AI development. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 48min ago
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AI Verified The quote says AI investment is already too slow, so it opposes slowing AI development. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 48min ago

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AI Verified FourWeekMBA’s Nov. 8 report attributes this exact sentence to UK Growth Minister Dan Tomlinson. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 48min ago
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