--- title: Kendall backs driverless cars as Burnham's team wavers description: UK Science and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has publicly backed driverless cars and British AI companies, citing sovereignty concerns and warning against... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/kendall-backs-driverless-cars-as-burnham-s-team-wavers-xdmdruyvb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Kendall backs driverless cars as Burnham's team wavers | daily.dev og:description: UK Science and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has publicly backed driverless cars and British AI companies, citing sovereignty concerns and warning against... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/kendall-backs-driverless-cars-as-burnham-s-team-wavers-xdmdruyvb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xdmdRUyVB.png og:image:alt: Kendall backs driverless cars as Burnham's team wavers og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Kendall backs driverless cars as Burnham's team wavers **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary UK Science and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has publicly backed driverless cars and British AI companies, citing sovereignty concerns and warning against over-reliance on US firms. She highlighted Wayve, a British startup set to pilot driverless taxis in London with Uber, as a key success story. Her stance appears to diverge from advisers of likely next PM Andy Burnham, who fear autonomous vehicles will displace taxi and Uber drivers. Kendall pointed to £500m Sovereign AI unit, £1.1bn AI-hardware plan, and a £2bn quantum investment as evidence of Britain's commitment to maintaining its position as third globally in AI. She also flagged US export controls on Anthropic models as a 'wake-up moment' for sovereign AI development. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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