AI is no longer a tool - it’s a battleground. In this second part of BASELINE043, Paul Jenkinson, founder of Whitespace, reveals how AI is being weaponised, why 93% of Europe’s infrastructure runs on foreign systems, and what it means for UK sovereignty, defence, and trust. From briefing Number 10 to building inside the MoD, this is a rare look into the real stakes of national AI strategy.

EPISODE CHAPTERS:

00:00 – The AI arms race has already begun

03:15 – Weaponising generative AI: the Number 10 briefing

08:47 – Why infrastructure matters more than models

14:32 – The trust deficit inside public AI systems

20:15 – 93% of Europe’s cloud runs on US infrastructure

25:04 – Can the UK afford to wait on sovereign capability?

31:18 – Auditable, ethical, and trusted AI: a new frontier

36:50 – Closing thoughts: power, risk, and responsibility