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Presents 2026 estimates of UK investment in digital infrastructure using an expanded definition that adds selected intellectual property products and radio spectrum permits alongside traditional capital.
A POST note assesses evidence on children's screen use and engagement with AI, outlining potential developmental benefits and risks as screen and AI technologies become increasingly embedded in daily life.
Explains how data centres are recorded and influence the UK National Accounts, as part of an ONS series on the digital economy and digital infrastructure measurement.
A random sample of 10,000 webpages from July 2026 finds about 10% show signs of being written or substantially edited by AI, indicating notable AI-generated presence across the observable web.
Around half of Americans now say they feel more concerned than excited about artificial intelligence, with worry rising particularly among young adults, who report increasing anxiety that AI could cost jobs and harm prospects.
Explains ‘digital sovereignty’ as a country’s ability to shape, use and maintain its digital environment, asks how digitally sovereign the UK currently is and whether the UK should seek to increase that sovereignty.
Explains the sampling approach using Common Crawl web-archive data—monthly ‘crawls’ of the observable internet—to estimate prevalence of AI-authored content and underpin the study’s webpage sample and analysis.
The Fabian Society examines the dominance of US technology firms across email, social media, payments and workplace software, arguing the ubiquity of US tech has concentrated control over many aspects of daily digital life.
Chris McDonald MP has been appointed as the minister with responsibility for intellectual property, taking on ministerial oversight of IP policy and related responsibilities within government.
Chart of the week reviews how not-entirely-serious and unusually prominent candidates have performed in recent UK by-elections, alongside commentary on AI developments and a note on persistently ‘sticky’ prices in the economy.
Publishes minutes from the Bank of England’s June 2026 Artificial Intelligence Consortium, which provides a forum for public‑private dialogue on AI capabilities, deployment and risks within UK financial services.
Pew sets out current internal guidelines for using artificial intelligence, describing permitted applications, areas for experimentation and limits on AI’s role in research processes and output generation.