Why Starmer and Reeves are pinning their hopes on AI to drive growth in UK

Why Starmer and Reeves are pinning their hopes on AI to drive growth in UK

The spectre of last week’s bond market sell-off hangs over the government’s artificial intelligence strategy. Investors, and voters, want to know where the growth is in the UK economy.

Keir Starmer and the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, believes AI is a significant part of the answer.

The UK has considerable strengths in AI, which can be loosely defined as computer systems performing tasks that typically require human intelligence (ranging from summarising a document to assessing a medical…

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