‘Mainlined into UK’s veins’: Labour announces huge public rollout of AI
by Robert Booth UK technology editor from on (#6TGY1)
Plans to make UK world leader in AI sector include opening access to NHS and other public data
Artificial intelligence will be mainlined into the veins" of the nation, ministers have announced, with a multibillion-pound investment in the UK's computing capacity despite widespread public fear about the technology's effects.
Keir Starmer will launch a sweeping action plan to increase 20-fold the amount of AI computing power under public control by 2030 and deploy AI for everything from spotting potholes to freeing up teachers to teach.
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