The British technology sector enjoyed its best year of investment yet, attracting £29.4 billion in 2021. So, why hasn’t the UK’s AI and tech scene made it to the same global superpower status that we see from China, Russia, and the US?
We don’t need to wait for the results of the government’s recent National AI Strategy, to know that deeper change is needed to really propel the industry forward. To create an AI scene that can compete on the world stage, education, ambition, and innovation must be combined and accelerated.
Here are three tactics I believe could propel the UK’s AI industry forward this year:
We don’t need to wait for the results of the government’s recent National AI Strategy, to know that deeper change is needed to really propel the industry forward. To create an AI scene that can compete on the world stage, education, ambition, and innovation must be combined and accelerated.
Here are three tactics I believe could propel the UK’s AI industry forward this year:
- Promote collaboration between academia and business
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To capitalize on the promise of AI, businesses and universities must build stronger links between one another, to drive innovation that can more quickly and effectively reach the market. The UK government knows this.
In its AI strategy, the government paid special attention to collaboration. But industry and academia are still, too often, working in silos. We can learn from countries like the US and Israel for inspiration here. These nations are successfully empowering both parties to accelerate national AI capabilities, with active sharing of information and increased joint ventures.
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