"Britain, AI superpower" - Government aims to increase productivity by 47 billion pounds per year
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he wanted to make the UK an artificial intelligence "superpower", promising to publish information for researchers and create zones for data centres.
Starmer, whose Labour government is expected to cut spending as borrowing costs have risen, said he wanted to put artificial intelligence at the centre of his ambition to grow the economy.
The government says the technology could boost productivity by 1.5% a year, worth an extra £47 billion each year over a decade.
"Britain will be one of the great superpowers of artificial intelligence," Starmer said, noting that the country was already a European leader in investment in the sector.
The world's sixth-largest economy, Britain, ranks only behind the United States and China when it comes to investment in new technology and patents, according to Stanford University.
Starmer said Britain would chart a "pro-growth, pro-innovation" course on regulations. "I know there are different approaches around the world, but we are now in control of our regulatory regime, so we will follow our own path," he said, referring to Britain's departure from the European Union in 2020.
Britain will place public data, such as information from its state health service, in a "National Data Library", where it will be accessible to researchers subject to copyright rules, Starmer said.
He added that artificial intelligence has the power to transform people's lives, including speeding up planning consultations, helping small businesses and reducing the bureaucratic burden for doctors and teachers.
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