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Many of these “illustrations” aren’t based on verified intelligence at all.

Our analysis of 43 official IDF videos found recycled 3D environments, spatial inaccuracies, and assets lifted from unrelated artists and institutions.

& who published a report calling for digi ID cards & claiming they’ll reduce small boats the day before Starmer’s ID plan was trailed?

None other than the Tony Blair Institute, whose huge influence on Starmer’s govt & closeness to its tech donor we revealed this wk bsky.app/profile/mayb...

afaict the evidence base that digital ID will reduce the number of people migrating to the UK is "Macron says so". I hope he is duly flattered. Digital ID will be useful for many people, unusable for others, but fundamentally the issue here is with employers who don't do right to work checks

This isn’t just about Tony Blair and Larry Ellison. It shows how Big Tech is gradually gaining power and influence across govts, pushing an AI/tech-first agenda that puts profits ahead of people, and could be damaging to us all

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Another, Martin Akuagwuagwu, said TBI would push technology and AI solutions on countries with more fundamental issues to contend with

‘They have issues around hunger, poverty, mass unemployment – and we’re getting them to commit towards some fancy projects like using drones and AI’

Elsewhere, ex-TBI staff describe a sea change in culture following the Ellison funds, with AI boosterism that silenced nuance & forced them to engage in ‘tech sales’ for Oracle in countries around the world

‘It felt icky,’ said one. Another said the focus became 'more tech, big tech, all the time’

TBI staff have been brought into govt. Tom Westgarth was seconded to the dept for tech (Dsit) to work on the AI Opportunities Action Plan, w/ his salary paid by TBI

More recently, Kirsty Innes, who worked at TBI for 4 years, has been appointed special advisor for new tech secretary Liz Kendall

In the UK, TBI is unusually close to govt, and it's advised ministers on AI policies that serve Oracle’s interests, including on unifying valuable NHS data

Ellison has expressed interest in NHS data, saying it has an ‘incredible amount of population data’, but that it's ‘fragmented’

We spoke to 29 TBI insiders & obtained FOI docs to reveal TBI’s symbiotic relationship with Ellison, among the world’s richest men (2nd only to pal Elon), & his tech firm Oracle

We find TBI's become a vehicle for AI boosterism & ‘tech sales’ in UK & around the world – w/ potentially harmful effects