Which makes it even more difficult to limit access to Americans. Deepmind was originally a British company and has R & D in multiple countries to it will be even more awkward with them.
I have always thought the UK was too liberal in allowing foreign takeovers of key businesses. Arm and Deepmind are great examples of why.
Deepmind I can undertand, as it was early days and no guarantee of success? and they needed massive investment. But the decision to allow Arm to be sold was surprising.
But UK sells nearly everything - we need ongoing foreign investment.
> Deepmind I can undertand, as it was early days and no guarantee of success?
Its companies with no guarantee of success that are the future innovators. Look at how important Deepmind's field has become.
> But UK sells nearly everything - we need ongoing foreign investment.
and then we complain about the resulting trade deficit! You cannot have both - it literally does not add up.