UK must seize opportunities of AI to remain a tech capital - PM Sunak
LONDON: Britain must act quickly to remain a tech capital, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will tell tech leaders on Monday , urging them to grasp the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence.
"We must act - and act quickly - if we want not only to retain our position as one of the world’s tech capitals ... but to go even further, and make this the best country in the world to start, grow and invest in tech businesses," Sunak will say, according to advance extracts released by his office.Governments around the world are now trying to find a balance whereby they can assess and rein in some of the potential negative consequences of AI without stifling innovation.
Sunak will say the tech sector is at the heart of his priority to grow the economy and outline how the government will work with businesses to capitalise on opportunities presented by transformative technologies, such as AI, which proponents have compared with the arrival of the internet.
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