The Prime Minister Keir Starmer has recently unveiled plans to drive forward the country’s use of AI, including for road safety improvements.
Starmer is taking on board the recommendations of the AI Opportunities Action Plan, set out by Matt Clifford. The Government highlighted one of the ways that increased AI infrastructure could be used was through cameras to ‘spot potholes and help improve roads’.
The Government’s plan includes creating ‘AI Growth Zones’ to create more AI infrastructure and speed up planning proposals to ‘get Britain building’. It will also see work start on a supercomputer, which will help to increase the public computing capacity and processing power for the new technologies.
In addition, a new AI team will be created, as well as a new National Data Library to support AI development with public data and a dedicated AI Energy Council. The council will work with energy companies on meeting the country’s energy demands and utilise the technology’s development to assist with challenges in this sector.
In a letter to his Cabinet, Starmer said: “Artificial Intelligence will drive incredible change in our country. But the AI industry needs a government that is on their side, one that won’t sit back and let opportunities slip through its fingers. And in a world of fierce competition, we cannot stand by. We must move fast and take action to win the global race.
“Our plan will make Britain the world leader. It will give the industry the foundation it needs and will turbocharge the Plan for Change. That means more jobs and investment in the UK, more money in people’s pockets, and transformed public services.”
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