According to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, a project with 50 proposals aims to transform the country into a world leader in artificial intelligence with an action plan aimed at attracting companies and investors.
The British Prime Minister, committed this Monday (13) to transforming the into a “world leader” in artificial intelligence (AI) with an action plan aimed at attracting companies and investors, and boosting the economy. The project, which Labor’s Keir Starmer will present in a speech this Monday, includes 50 proposals to “unlock” the potential of this technology, according to a statement, starting with the creation of “AI growth zones”. Concessions for the construction of infrastructure and data storage centers will be accelerated. “Our plan will make the United Kingdom the world leader” in AI, a technology that will bring about “incredible changes” in medicine, public services and education, said the British Prime Minister.
“The AI industry needs a government that is at its side, that does not sit idly by and does not let opportunities pass by”, defended the leader in the note. The plan should “attract AI companies, new investors and generate new jobs to the United Kingdom,” said Finance Minister Rachel Reeves. Three technology companies (Vantage Data Centres, Kyndryl and Nscale) have already committed to investing 14 billion pounds (R$104 billion) in the United Kingdom, to mainly develop data storage centers, the government indicated. Its projects will allow the creation of more than 13 thousand jobs, he added.
The government has also committed to multiplying the country’s data processing capacity by 20 by 2030, especially with the creation of a new “supercomputer”. Labor considers that its Conservative predecessors over-highlighted the dangers of AI, to which former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak dedicated a summit in 2023. Starmer, who came to power in July, has made reviving the economy a priority of his term. .
*With information from AFP
Posted by Victor Oliveira
