48 hours since @10DowningStreet appointed me AI Minister, and feeling relentlessly focused on shaping AI with British leadership: **We reindustrialise with AI manufacturing** 🏭 -- First call with @demishassabis on turning British advantage into British jobs -- Spoke to @AlexGKendall about our shared interest in making Britain the home of physical AI jobs -- Affirmed @Arm's role as UK AI champion directly with @renehaas237 -- Joined @JReynoldsMP in speaking to x-tech sector CEOs: we are doubling down on tech prosperity for every nation and region **British security, British influence now rely on AI** 🇬🇧 -- Stocktake of Britain's leadership in AI cyber with @NCSC CEO -- Plans to secure British AI with chiefs of UK intelligence communities -- Ambition for @AISecurityInst remaining the world's AI security talent home, with AISI CEO -- @UKSovereignAI Managing Partner and I talked through next stages of ambition **AI that works for people** 🤝 -- Worker tacit knowledge is central to good AI adoption, an ambition reshared with @mikeclancy1 at @ProspectUnion -- Thank you, @GMBGarySmith, for recognising AI as the major driver of risk and opportunity for British jobs -- AI works only if it works across the country, led by our communities; some practical steps agreed with @KatieGallagher @UK_TCG **Working with an exceptional team** ✨ -- First Cabinet, with the PM affirming how crucial AI is -- Meeting brilliant ministerial and official teams at @cabinetofficeuk and @biztradegovuk, the two depts where I started my Civil Service career ~15 years ago -- Ceremony highlight: first Privy Council meeting! Just getting started!