Can Europe build digital sovereignty?

Ask Claude a question, Google a query, order from Amazon, chat with mates on WhatsApp, tune in to Youtube. And where ever you do it from, you’ll never be somehow not in America. Because Britain, like Europe is dependent on US tech and as the AI revolution unfolds, governments are increasingly worried about it.

The new buzz phrase is digital sovereignty. But what does that mean? Is it even feasible? And can the UK and the Europe take back control?

David Aaronovitch talks to:

Stanley Pignal, Europe editor at The Economist

Cecilia Rikap, Associate Professor in Economics and Head of Research at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

Seb Johnson, founder of Scaling Europe, a media company focused on European Tech

Presenter: David Aaronovitch

Producers: Ben Carter, Sally Abrahams, Kirsteen Knight

Production Co-ordinator: Gemma Ashman

Sound engineer: James Beard

Editor: Richard Vadon