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Government Sets Sights on AI as Economic Opportunity
The U.K. government will provide significant funding for artificial intelligence research to help the technology play a larger economic role.
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The U.K. government has launched its Digital Strategy, which includes significant funding for artificial intelligence (AI) research so the technology will play a larger economic role.
"The Digital Strategy will build on our strengths to make sure U.K.-based scientists, researchers, and entrepreneurs continue to be at the [AI] forefront," says U.K. culture secretary Karen Bradley.
The strategy will begin with an AI review conducted by University of Southampton professor and former ACM president Wendy Hall and BenevolentTech CEO Jerome Pesenti.
The U.K. government will contribute about $21.5 million in funding to the initiative via the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, which will foster academic development of AI and robotics projects.
"We are already pioneers in today's artificial intelligence revolution and the Digital Strategy will build on our strengths to make sure U.K.-based scientists, researchers, and entrepreneurs continue to be at the forefront," says Bradley.
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