https://thenextweb.com/news/ai-as-socially-vital-as-water-and-energy-say-uk-execs
The Government was reaching the end of the line. The public were angry. It was the cost of course, they were angry at foreign owners taking huge profits but they were also angry about the service. Every day there were stories on the feeds of the companies failing to deliver. Whether it was leaks and outages or environmental disasters, the companies were hated. The Government knew it would have to take control. It didn’t use the word “nationalise” but that was the only option. The AI companies knew it. They weren’t worried. Their Agents had very close connections in Government.