UK tech bosses urge focus on AI skills and growth in high-stakes election - no matter who wins https://lnkd.in/gVCxjv3X #AI #tech
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🌟 UK’s First AI Bot to Run for Elections, AI Steve, Makes History! 🌟 In a groundbreaking moment for the UK General Election, AI Steve, the first-ever Artificial Intelligence candidate, made its debut. 🤖 Although AI Steve only secured 179 votes and came last in the Brighton Pavilion constituency, it marks a significant step in integrating AI with politics. Created by businessman Steve Endacott, AI Steve was designed to engage with locals on various issues, proposing policy ideas and soliciting community suggestions in real-time. Despite the innovative approach, it faced a resounding defeat to the Green Party’s Sian Berry. This election saw a decisive victory for the Labour Party, ending over a decade of Conservative leadership. Labour leader Keir Starmer is set to be the new Prime Minister, with a mission to revitalize the economy and address the nation's concerns. AI Steve's attempt highlights the challenges of integrating AI into politics, but it also opens up new discussions about the future role of technology in governance. #Innovation #AIPolitics #UKGeneralElection #LabourPartyVictory #FutureOfPolitics #prismcosmictrendnews
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My latest column for UKTN looks at how Labour should approach tech policy. This is a fast-moving area and in some ways already out of date in light of today’s news that some AI spending will be cut. The key will be to listen to the tech community, to follow up on promises to put AI at the centre of government and to make sure regulation addresses the key problems (and unlike my article doesn’t get outdated too quickly) https://lnkd.in/ea6uQne8
Labour’s tech vision is encouraging, but it must heed startups’ advice
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AI STEVE FOR PARLIAMENT? AI Steve, an AI-powered candidate, is making waves in the U.K. Parliament election. Represented by businessman Steve Endacott, AI Steve aims to bring a unique approach to governance. ENGAGEMENT THROUGH TECHNOLOGY Voters can interact with AI Steve online, posing questions and offering suggestions. Based on this feedback, the AI will adapt its policies, ensuring a constituent-driven platform. If elected, Endacott will act as the AI’s human proxy, attending meetings and casting votes. SERIOUSLY? This is more of a stunt than anything else, but I like that the idea is a direct connection between the voter and the candidate — and voter wishes and the AI candidate's politics. However, without a natural person's moderation, this is doomed to become mayhem. #FutureOfPolitics #AIInGovernance #Innovation #UKPolitics #TechInGovernment https://lnkd.in/d7XFxBCg
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Last November, at the world’s first #AISafetySummit in Bletchley Park, #U.K. #PrimeMinister Rishi Sunak announced commitments from #AIlabs to share models with #governments pre-release and secured pledges from 29 countries to mitigate #AIrisks. Sunak aimed to make the U.K. a leader in AI governance by establishing the AI Safety Institute, which received significantly more funding than similar institutes elsewhere. Eight months later, after losing to the The Labour Party, Sunak was succeeded by Keir Starmer, whose approach to #AI is expected to be tougher. Starmer appointed Peter Kyle as #science and #technology #minister. Labour plans to: ▶ Implement binding regulations on powerful AI models. ▶ Ban explicit deepfakes. ▶ Introduce a statutory code for AI information-sharing. ▶ Create the Regulatory Innovation Office to accelerate regulatory decisions. ▶ Use AI to improve healthcare and public services. ▶ Support the development of new AI startups. ▶ Ensure new workplace surveillance technologies undergo worker consultation. ▶ Protect jobs while fostering AI innovation. Labour's approach signals a more implicate stance on #AI, aiming to regulate the #technology more than its predecessors. By implementing binding #regulations, banning explicit deepfakes, and establishing the Regulatory Innovation Office, the new government seeks to assert more presence when it comes to AI regulations
What We Know About the New U.K. Government’s Approach to AI
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📢 Labour's Legislative Agenda: AI, Green Energy, and Worker Protection 🌐 AI Legislation on the Horizon Sir Keir Starmer is poised to introduce a groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI) bill this week, fulfilling Labour’s manifesto pledge to regulate advanced machine-learning models. The AI bill, part of the 35 legislative items in the upcoming King's Speech, aims to enforce legal safeguards around the most cutting-edge AI technologies, focusing on large language models like OpenAI's ChatGPT. 🛡️ Key Legislative Proposals - AI Bill: Introduce binding rules for the development and deployment of advanced AI models. - House of Lords Reform: Plan to eliminate hereditary peers. - Fiscal Transparency: Empower the Office for Budget Responsibility to independently publish forecasts. - Worker Protection: Crackdown on zero-hours contracts and "fire and rehire" practices. - Missing Children Register: Establish a register for children missing from schools. - Cybersecurity Bill: Enhance protection for critical infrastructure from foreign threats. 🔍 AI Regulation Shift Labour's approach marks a shift from former PM Rishi Sunak’s strategy, which relied on voluntary agreements, to a more regulatory framework similar to the EU's stringent AI rules. Labour plans to enforce transparency by requiring companies to release all test data and detail their testing parameters, addressing concerns about AI's potential biases and harmful applications. 🌳 Green Energy Initiative Labour will unveil legislation to establish GB Energy, a state-owned energy investor focused on renewable and nuclear projects. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband announced immediate actions to expand solar power, approving three major solar projects to power up to 400,000 homes and create significant job opportunities. 👥 Early Legislative Focus The proposed bills reflect Labour’s ambition in the early months of Starmer’s premiership, a period seen as the peak of his influence. With a robust legislative agenda, Labour aims to set a strong foundation for their government’s priorities. Stay tuned for updates on these crucial legislative developments and their potential impact on AI, energy, and worker rights in the UK. #Labour #KeirStarmer #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #GreenEnergy #WorkerRights #CyberSecurity #HouseofLords #SolarPower #NetZero #UKPolitics #RenewableEnergy #FiscalTransparency #ZeroHoursContracts #FireAndRehire
Starmer plans to introduce AI bill in King’s Speech
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If you had the chance to speak to the UK’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer, what concrete steps would you suggest to either take advantage of AI or regulate it to boost the UK economy? Invest in the physical infrastructure needed to support digital growth and ensure that planning reforms enable this. Or create an environment that fosters innovation, not hinders it. What do you think? How do you think AI can drive economic growth in the UK? This is a clip from the most recent episode of ‘An Intelligent Voice’ podcast featuring Nigel Cannings, CEO of Intelligent Voice and James Tumbridge, Partner at Keystone Law, as they explore the fascinating world of artificial intelligence in the legal industry, and the wider regulatory realm. In this episode they discuss the evolving landscape of AI to regulations, intellectual property challenges, data consent, privacy concerns and the implications of the recently introduced AI Treaty by the Council of Europe, as well as much more. You won’t want to miss out, watch here - https://hubs.ly/Q02RsMh50 #AI #UK #Economy #Regulation #Innovation
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As #Europe readies itself to head to the #polls next June, #EuronewsNext assesses whether #AI technology could potentially wreak havoc on the #EU's #political stability. … #fintech #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #GenrativeAI @andcarlom @euronews
How could AI technology affect the upcoming European elections?
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It's disheartening to hear this news. The UK is a key player in the global deep-tech race, particularly in fields like AI and Quantum technologies. Our companies, talent, and technological advancements are at the forefront of this charge. However, the recent reduction in R&D tax rates this year adds another layer of challenge for innovation and growth in these crucial sectors.
This week, I had a quiet 30 minute chat, which turned into a quiet 90 minute chat... and led to this exclusive story about the government shelving £1.3bn funding promised to two infrastructure programmes by the Conservatives while they were in power. One of those projects was an exascale supercomputer, capable of one billion billion calculations per second, and the other was additional funding for other AI compute. Labour says the money was never actually budgeted for after it was promised. The Tories say the department for science, innovation and tech had underspent on its watch. Whatever you think about the politics at play here, it's a dramatic decision and its divided the tech community. With over 2,000 comments and one million views online so far today already, the story has also clearly resonated with BBC audiences. This is how journalism works. It's not all press releases and sparkly stuff - it's meeting the right people at the right time. They're no longer round the corner from me, but I'm still doing my best to be in the right rooms! https://lnkd.in/eQTeWkmG
Government shelves £1.3bn UK tech and AI plans
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It is a great scoop Zoe Kleinman ! The fear is clear in the evidence of action. Our new government has prioritised public sector wage rises (notably without commitments to productivity and new ways of working) and deprioritised transformative technologies. This sits on a commitment to Growth, but starts to almost feel Stalinist. Centralised planning (eg housing); penalising areas that voted blue by removing public projects; and (let’s see the Autumn Statement/Budget) tax hikes on entrepreneurs, business owners, and equity investors (who take the most risk & make the most progress in wealth creation). The very real risk (perception) is Growth by central deployment of capital funded by borrowing. Wrapped in ‘doublespeak’ by promising devolution. Which isn’t growth so much as borrowing from future repayments. Perhaps the Exa-Scale computer was the only one big enough to run the forecast model. Perhaps that contributed to its downfall?!? Consider FOI requests now (for a baseline) to repeat them annually so you can track public-spending-per-head by local area (and correlate this with local MP party affiliation)? I think we know the trajectory…
This week, I had a quiet 30 minute chat, which turned into a quiet 90 minute chat... and led to this exclusive story about the government shelving £1.3bn funding promised to two infrastructure programmes by the Conservatives while they were in power. One of those projects was an exascale supercomputer, capable of one billion billion calculations per second, and the other was additional funding for other AI compute. Labour says the money was never actually budgeted for after it was promised. The Tories say the department for science, innovation and tech had underspent on its watch. Whatever you think about the politics at play here, it's a dramatic decision and its divided the tech community. With over 2,000 comments and one million views online so far today already, the story has also clearly resonated with BBC audiences. This is how journalism works. It's not all press releases and sparkly stuff - it's meeting the right people at the right time. They're no longer round the corner from me, but I'm still doing my best to be in the right rooms! https://lnkd.in/eQTeWkmG
Government shelves £1.3bn UK tech and AI plans
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How has artificial intelligence affected the political landscape? How will it help policy making in the future? Let's discuss 👇🏼 https://lnkd.in/gEe63yVX #politics #artificialintelligence #policymaking #tech #technology #policymakers #presidentialelection #generatieveai
Artificial Intelligence in Politics: Yay or Nay?
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