What is Keir Starmer's AI action plan?

Keir Starmer has thrown the weight of Whitehall behind AI in a bid to boost growth and position the UK as a world leader in the sector.

On Monday morning, Keir Starmer revealed the UK’s ‘AI Opportunities Action Plan’, a transformative strategy to establish the UK as a global leader in AI.

He said: “The AI industry needs a Government that is on their side, one that won’t slip back and let opportunities slip through its fingers.

“And in a world of fierce competition, we cannot stand by. We must move fast and take action to win the global race.”

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[NeilCartwright-oo]

Introducing any intelligence into Government would be a good idea.

[Dame_Kielbasa_Starmer]

It's not AI it's software that follows the agenda of the programmer.
Nothing more that a glorified chatbot framework

[JINKJ]

This man is all about control and obedience.

[pdtech]

Maybe if they replace our PM with AI, we'll all be a lot better off?😊

[Albertonovski]

I love how it can spot potholes. Spotting them is not the issue. They can't even fix the ones they do have on file.

[rzenia]

Desperately want full control of regular people 😢

[pairedsoles]

AI in the UK with the highest energy costs in the world😂😂😂

[fredsmith]

Sounds just like Callaghan in the late 70s prattling on about how how the UK needed a silicon foundry, without having the foggiest idea what he was talking about. It would be interesting to have Starmer explain what he understands by AI. I bet he he'd come out with predictable platitudes and drivel.

[toku_floyd]

Problem here is that anything to do with computers and our governments, turns into a complete and expensive un-usable mess.

[allenp]

When I look at the state of our country, investing in AI would be low on the list of priorities.

[mcmkerr-peterson]

Is this because no one wants anything to do with him, he has to resort to robots?

[MachinesOfInterest]

It will decide who lives and who dies and humans will carry out the sentence.

[minakrouse]

The findings on AI can be altered to suit their narrative Fact

[woodyspooner]

Given the track record of past government I.T. systems, I'm worried about our government using A.I. Remember track and trace.

[heathcliffebird]

how the hell can you run energy hungry data centres with the most expensive energy bills in the west and the constant risk of power cuts?

[derektighe]

U.K. electricity is too expensive to manufacture anything in competition with abroad

[JenLawson-mf]

More money spent on an AI council. What happens when there is no energy to keep it going.

[garygarygary]

Starmer, you don’t even know what AI is ffs, it will cost jobs you muppet 😂

[pocaluneksmierci]

And who’s gonna benefit from that project? Which PM’s friend gonna get their pockets loaded?!

[terrycain]

Have I read that correctly? "Starmer goes all in on Ali?"