AI STRATEGY
The UK Government has revealed its national AI Strategy . We talk to businesses and those in the know , about what they could do and what we should be looking at
WRITTEN BY : LAURA BERRILL
At the end of September the UK Government revealed its National Artificial Intelligence Strategy . It is described as ‘ representing the start of a step change for AI , recognising the power of the technology to increase resilience , productivity , growth and innovation across private and public sectors .’
In this feature we talk to businesses about the move and what it could mean for enterprises of all sizes , education and training , ethical and moral consideration and its development going forward .
Three pillars The strategy is made up of three main pillars ; investing in the long-term needs of the AI ecosystem , ensuring AI benefits all sectors and regions and governing AI effectively .
AI Magazine asked Harvey Lewis , Associate Partner and Chief Data Scientist in EY ’ s tax practice , what he thought about them . “ Firstly , the new AI strategy assumes that innovation in AI is largely driven by academia and the start-up community , with commercialisation and scale-up via bigger business . But most recent advances have been created by big tech firms ,” he commenced . “ Boosting the UK ’ s competitiveness in AI depends not just on investment in academia , but also in incentivising UK-based tech firms to open up their technology and data , via tax credits or grants .” aimagazine . com 47