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Read techUK’s analysis of the full AI Adoption Package announced in June 2026 here.

On June 8th, as part of a series of announcements during London Tech Week and at the Government’s AI Adoption Summit, the government has launched a £1.1bn “UK AI Hardware Plan”, which aims to secure UK future capabilities across semiconductors, compute and AI. You can read the full plan on gov.uk here. 

The launch of the AI Assurance Consortium, chaired by BCS and supported by DSIT, marks a significant step forward in professionalising AI assurance at scale. techUK is proud to be part of the Consortium and wider roadmap as a delivery partner, leading the Industry Advisory Group and ensuring that the voice of industry, the companies building, buying and deploying AI is embedded throughout the process. 

Read on to understand what Government's June 2026 package of AI announcements means for adoption, investment, and the UK's digital economy.

This guest blog was written by Alison Colwell and Sophia Gluck, from Okta.

techUK has brought together trade associations from across the eight Industrial Strategy sectors to form a new coalition with a shared purpose: to drive meaningful and responsible AI adoption across the UK economy. 

Guest blog by Dhritiman Mukherjee, Managing Partner, Financial Services Industries

Guest blog by Luc Burnip, Architecture Lead at DXC.

On 28 April, techUK brought together a panel of subject matter experts to discuss a fascinating emerging area at the frontier of artificial intelligence, bio intelligence.

techUK has published a new report on AI procurement, "Lessons from the AI Procurement Frontline: Beyond the contract and buying blind: Rethinking AI procurement as a governance function," examining how organisations can navigate the critical decisions involved in buying AI systems and establish procurement as a genuine governance function.