Artificial intelligence is driving the fastest technological and scientific revolution in human history. Whether it’s the productivity tools businesses use to speed up routine tasks, the programmes that spot cancer in hospital scans twice as fast, or the facial recognition software that helps the police catch violent criminals, AI has become critical to the future of our country. That is why since 2023 we have looked past our political differences and authored a series of joint reports, urging all political parties to make securing Britain’s leadership in science and technology our “New National Purpose”. We have called for a significant increase in compute capacity, involving a major investment in sovereign AI capabilities, greater access to data, innovation-friendly regulation, and reforms to train and attract to

Source: The Times January 12, 2025 22:42 UTC