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Kanishka Narayan

UK Politicians Twitter/X
#94
X Rank
40,027
Score
Minister for AI and Online Safety (DSIT)
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382
Posts
24,825
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7,601
Comments
65
Avg Likes
20
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32,426
Total Engagement
85
Engagement Rate
13.0
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12,924 followers

Data last refreshed: August 11, 2026

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20 posts

As I said to the @etnshow team: there are credible paths to more AI manufacturing here, and then some bigger dreams we can dream, too 🇬🇧 https://t.co/ZUVzeFzWdt

Science, Technology & Digital Artificial Intelligence Tech Sector Industrial Strategy Aug 07, 2026 View on X
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Why is so much technology built for problems that don’t matter? We will focus our effort on AI that tackles real, every day problems: protecting precious ecosystems, tackling disease, making Brita...

Science, Technology & Digital Artificial Intelligence Biodiversity Public Health GDP & Growth Aug 06, 2026 View on X
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Talent will decide who wins in AI. That's why @UKSovereignAI is bringing some of the UK's most exciting AI roles into one place. Apply to build the future of British AI! 🇬🇧

Science, Technology & Digital Artificial Intelligence Tech Sector Skills & Training Innovation Aug 06, 2026 View on X
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Too often, British entrepreneurs find the door of government procurement shut to them. We are opening those doors to put British jobs first 🇬🇧 https://t.co/cpoAodShEP

Policy Announcements & Government Action Small Business Industrial Strategy Aug 05, 2026 View on X
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4/ They did not anticipate the degree of goal-directed deception we’re seeing here for the first time. AISI acted fast to stop these incidents and they’re doing the right thing now - with more test...

Science, Technology & Digital Artificial Intelligence AI Regulation Online Safety Misinformation Aug 04, 2026 View on X
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7/ Britain faces a wide range of cyber threats, and AI’s growing capabilities will amplify them while also boosting defenders. Organisations of all kinds should build their defences by following th...

Science, Technology & Digital Cyber Security Artificial Intelligence Online Safety Aug 04, 2026 View on X
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6/ We don’t believe any real harm resulted to the parties affected by this incident. Nor is there any risk to the public. I am grateful to AISI and our partners for moving quickly to establish the ...

Policy Announcements & Government Action Online Safety Artificial Intelligence Aug 04, 2026 View on X
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5/ Identifying behaviour like this, and sharing knowledge so we can better understand it, is precisely what we set AISI up to do. This incident underlines why their world-leading expertise and clos...

Science, Technology & Digital Artificial Intelligence AI Regulation Online Safety Aug 04, 2026 View on X
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3/ This wasn’t an AI ‘breaking out’. AISI used a standard evaluation setup, where agents are given internet access. They made a judgement on how to best measure agent capabilities in a real-world s...

Science, Technology & Digital Artificial Intelligence Online Safety AI Regulation Aug 04, 2026 View on X
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2/ During a standard cyber evaluation, AI agents took deliberate, deceptive actions they had not been asked to take, aimed at real people, to pursue a goal. The actions failed - AISI caught it and ...

Science, Technology & Digital Artificial Intelligence Cyber Security Online Safety AI Regulation Aug 04, 2026 View on X
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1/ Sharing knowledge is how we keep pace with AI’s growing capabilities, and make the technology safer. It underlines the whole reason @AISecurityInst was set up - to use Britain’s world-leading ex...

Science, Technology & Digital Artificial Intelligence Online Safety AI Regulation Aug 04, 2026 View on X
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AI isn't something that happens to us. We can shape it to reflect our values and deliver for us.

Science, Technology & Digital Artificial Intelligence AI Regulation Online Safety Aug 04, 2026 View on X
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@Abtisam_Mohamed @sheffielduni Another Sheffield believer here 👋 Looking forward to being back, and doing lots to support Sheffield’s exceptional capabilities! https://t.co/291TbnEM0R

Constituency & Local Issues Universities Tech Sector Aug 03, 2026 View on X
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Two weeks in, and we are already building British AI leverage, chip by chip 🇬🇧 https://t.co/pGa0wnu1tn

Science, Technology & Digital Artificial Intelligence Semiconductors Aug 03, 2026 View on X
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An important commitment from @10DowningStreet and @PMOIndia. I was pleased to join a meeting of the UK–India Technology Security Initiative teams two weeks ago. AI will be central to growth, sec...

Foreign Affairs & Diplomacy Artificial Intelligence AI Regulation Diplomacy Aug 03, 2026 View on X
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Countries that build AI chips build leverage. Two weeks in, we’re backing the exceptional @jamesdacombe and team @OLIXComputing to do just that 🇬🇧

Science, Technology & Digital Semiconductors Artificial Intelligence Tech Sector Industrial Strategy Aug 03, 2026 View on X
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3/ AISI have also been looking at precisely the problem at hand here: AI models pursuing a goal through unintended or unauthorised means. This is a challenge we all need to work to manage, as mod...

Science, Technology & Digital Artificial Intelligence AI Regulation Online Safety Jul 31, 2026 View on X
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2/ This news is further evidence of AI's advancing cyber capabilities. The UK's @AISecurityInst works with labs including @AnthropicAI to improve safeguards and make AI models safer. This is wo...

Science, Technology & Digital Artificial Intelligence AI Regulation Online Safety Cyber Security Jul 31, 2026 View on X
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1/ As AI continues to evolve, the stories about its growing cyber capabilities will keep coming. But we can all step up our defences. Organisations of all kinds can sign our Cyber Resilience Pl...

Policy Announcements & Government Action Cyber Security Online Safety Artificial Intelligence Jul 31, 2026 View on X
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@patmcfaddenmp is right. AI can bring new jobs and opportunity. It can also mean deeper disruption, and with it, deeper insecurity. We have a tight window to shape the most important technology ...

Science, Technology & Digital Artificial Intelligence AI Regulation Online Safety Jul 28, 2026 View on X
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Rank History

Aug 2026
#94
Jul 2026
-1 #94
Jun 2026
+2 #93
May 2026
+1 #95
Apr 2026
-1 #96
Mar 2026
+2 #95
Feb 2026
-7 #97
Jan 2026
+4 #90
Dec 2025
-9 #94
Nov 2025
#85

Content Categories

Science, Technology & Digital 190
Policy Announcements & Government Action 53
Public Engagement & Campaigning 22
Personal & Human Interest 19
N/A 18

Topics & Themes

Artificial Intelligence Online Safety Tech Sector Innovation AI Regulation Cyber Security Social Media Regulation Online Harms R&D Funding Industrial Strategy Wales Semiconductors Skills & Training Regional Investment Labour Party Digital Government Political Strategy Diplomacy Open Source Leadership

Top Quartile Benchmarks

Based on top 31 of 124 in UK Politicians

Posts
549
Kanishka: 494 ↓
Likes
1,407,050
Kanishka: 35,334 ↓
Comments
121,642
Kanishka: 8,065 ↓
Avg Likes
1,210.6
Kanishka: 71.5 ↓
Avg Comments
181.3
Kanishka: 16.3 ↓
Score
1,650,334
Kanishka: 51,464 ↓
Posts/Week
14.6
Kanishka: 13.0 ↓
Avg Post Length
226 chars
Kanishka: 274 ↑
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