The UK’s Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has unveiled details of the government’s AI opportunities action plan, with initiatives to boost economic growth and deliver public services more efficiently.
AI will be deployed to diagnose breast cancer more quickly, speed up planning consultations in the built environment, help teachers with admin tasks and improve roads through AI-driven pothole-spotting cameras.
The AI action plan is backed by three major tech companies – Vantage Data Centres, Nscale and Kyndryl – which have committed to invest £14bn in building AI infrastructure, including data centres. The government says this will help create 13,250 jobs across the UK.
Starmer said: “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.”
The action plan will focus on the development of dedicated AI...