{"id":11043,"date":"2023-08-03T06:37:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T04:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/03\/so-important-uk-minister-endorses-googles-training-drive-in-ai-arms-race\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T06:37:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T04:37:32","slug":"so-important-uk-minister-endorses-googles-training-drive-in-ai-arms-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/03\/so-important-uk-minister-endorses-googles-training-drive-in-ai-arms-race\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018So important\u2019: UK minister endorses Google\u2019s training drive in AI arms race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Few countries have tried so hard to promote AI \u2013 but many non-tech British firms don\u2019t know where to start<\/p>\n<p>A larger-than-life Michelle Donelan beams on to a screen in Google\u2019s London headquarters. The UK science and innovation secretary is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michelledonelan\/status\/1684868519509315584\">appearing via video<\/a> to praise the US tech behemoth for its plans to equip workers and bosses with basic skills in artificial intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe recent explosion in the use of AI tools like ChatGPT and Google\u2019s Bard show that we are on the cusp of a new and exciting era in artificial intelligence, and it is one that will dramatically improve people\u2019s lives,\u201d says Donelan. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/google\">Google\u2019s<\/a> \u201cambitious\u201d training programme is \u201cso important\u201d and \u201cexceptional in its breadth\u201d, she gushes in a five-minute video, filmed in her ministerial office.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/aug\/03\/so-important-uk-minister-endorses-googles-training-drive-in-ai-arms-race\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/3d70c9223b0c56be4fc42e7c801654be2c3928d1\/0_0_6720_4032\/master\/6720.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=3e0244798d992c505060d6887f78f46a\" title=\"\u2018So important\u2019: UK minister endorses Google\u2019s training drive in AI arms race\" \/>Few countries have tried so hard to promote AI \u2013 but many non-tech British firms don\u2019t know where to start<br \/>\nA larger-than-life Michelle Donelan beams on to a screen in Google\u2019s London headquarters. The UK science and innovation secretary is appearing via video to praise the US tech behemoth for its plans to equip workers and bosses with basic skills in artificial intelligence (AI).<br \/>\n\u201cThe recent explosion in the use of AI tools like ChatGPT and Google\u2019s Bard show that we are on the cusp of a new and exciting era in artificial intelligence, and it is one that will dramatically improve people\u2019s lives,\u201d says Donelan. Google\u2019s \u201cambitious\u201d training programme is \u201cso important\u201d and \u201cexceptional in its breadth\u201d, she gushes in a five-minute video, filmed in her ministerial office. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Few countries have tried so hard to promote AI \u2013 but many non-tech British firms don\u2019t know where to start A larger-than-life Michelle Donelan beams on to a screen in Google\u2019s London headquarters. The UK science and innovation secretary is appearing via video to praise the US tech behemoth for its plans to equip workers &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/03\/so-important-uk-minister-endorses-googles-training-drive-in-ai-arms-race\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018So important\u2019: UK minister endorses Google\u2019s training drive in AI arms race<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11043"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}