The UK is promoting artificial intelligence, earning up to $57 billion annually as a global leader

AI will be unleashed across the UK to deliver a decade of national regeneration. At least, that’s the pledge Prime Minister Keir Starmer made when he unveiled a plan that the Labor government says will “incentivize AI” and “deliver a decade of national renewal” by “supporting AI to the fullest extent.”
In agreeing to go ahead with all 50 recommendations laid out by Matt Clifford, chairman of talent investment firm Entrepreneur First, in the “AI Opportunities Action Plan”, which he was tasked with developing last summer, Starmer and his team said on Monday that AI could help… By “revolutionizing our public services and putting more money in people’s back pockets”.
Citing International Monetary Fund estimates, the government asserted that “if AI is fully adopted and productivity gains are fully realized, it could be worth an average of £47 billion ($57 billion) to the UK each year over a decade.” “.
The government concluded: “Today’s plan brings AI into the veins of this enterprising nation – revolutionizing our public services and putting more money into people’s back pockets. Because we have allowed banned actors for too long to control public discourse and stifle growth in… This sector,” he highlighted: “We can learn from the US and EU approaches – providing the dynamism, flexibility and long-term stability that we know businesses want.”
New measures in its AI blueprint “to make the UK an irresistible country for AI companies looking to start up, scale or grow their business” include creating dedicated AI growth zones “that will speed up planning permission and give it the power connections it needs to run.” “. Artificial Intelligence is arriving.” The first of these areas will be located in Culham, in the county of Oxfordshire, England.
Other measures include “increasing public computing capacity by 20-fold to give us the processing power we need to fully embrace this new technology”, starting with work on what the government has described as a “brand-new supercomputer” with enough AI power for it. “You can play chess half a million times per second.”
The Starmer government has made technological change its focus of late, recently launching a consultation on “plans to give certainty to creative industries and AI developers about how copyright material can be used to train AI models.” It runs until February 25, and its goal is to help “drive growth in both sectors by ensuring rights holders are protected and paid and support AI developers to innovate responsibly.”
Last week, the Labor government promised to make “the creation of sexually explicit and deepfake images a criminal offence” as part of a crackdown on “vile online abuse”.
Starmer promised on Monday that AI “will drive incredible change in our country”, adding: “But the AI industry needs a government that will stand by them, a government that will not sit back and let opportunities slip through its fingers. In a world of fierce competition, we cannot We stand still and must move quickly and take the necessary measures to win the global race. Our plan will make Britain the world leader.”
Three technology companies, Vantage Data Centres, Nscale and Kyndryl, on Monday pledged investments worth £14bn (£17bn) to build the UK’s AI infrastructure and create 13,250 jobs, according to the government.
This action plan is also at the heart of the Government’s Industrial Strategy and the first part of the upcoming Digital Sector and Technology Plan, which will be published in the coming months.
Business leaders also praised the UK’s AI efforts in the government’s announcement. The report quoted Darren Hardman, CEO of Microsoft UK, as saying: “The scale of this government’s ambition to develop and adopt artificial intelligence in the UK is exactly what is needed to drive economic growth, transform public services, and create new opportunities for everyone.” “Maintaining the UK’s position as a global leader in AI will require innovation and investment across the public and private sectors, and Microsoft is fully committed to helping make this vision a reality.”
“The UK AI Opportunities Action Plan is a bold approach that can help unlock the potential of AI to solve real problems,” added Dario Amodei, co-founder and CEO of AI startup Anthropic, in which Amazon is a major investor.
Chris Lehane, chief global affairs officer at AI giant OpenAI, in which Microsoft is a major investor, concluded: “From the locomotive to the Colossus computer, the UK has a rich history of leadership in technological innovation and AI R&D. .. The UK has enormous national resources in the talent of its people, organizations and companies, which together can leverage AI to advance the country’s national interest.