20260317 - UK chancellor: 'Quantum is an area within AI'

When you're out of ideas, why not try magic https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/17/uk-chancellor-rachel-reeves-quantum-is-an-area-within-ai/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard (get in with the cool kids) Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy us useful things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Mais Lecture 2026 https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/mais-lecture-2026 LIVE: UK finance minister Rachel Reeves delivers annual Mais Lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPjXVpctAHo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA UK's "Quantum leap"  to help beat disease, deliver high-paid jobs, and strengthen national security, as first country in the world to roll out Quantum computers at scale https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uks-quantum-leap-tohelp-beat-diseasedeliver-high-paid-jobs-and-strengthen-national-security-as-first-country-in-the-world-to-roll-out-quantum Reeves vows to stop UK tech from 'drifting abroad' (archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20260317021100/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0k16zdr1r1o UK will win AI race as Chancellor sets out economic 'big choices' https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-will-win-ai-race-as-chancellor-sets-out-economic-big-choices Ensuring that the UK can capture the benefits of quantum computing https://www.oxfordeconomics.com/resource/ensuring-that-the-uk-can-capture-the-benefits-of-quantum-computing/ Previously on Pivot to AI: The hype after AI: lads, it's looking really quantum https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/16/the-hype-after-ai-lads-its-looking-really-quantum/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2y2fX4YNKw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA UK AI Action Plan: vaporware, crypto bros, and no AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/10/uk-ai-action-plan-vaporware-crypto-bros-and-no-ai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB415dkRsYI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA