{"id":17365,"date":"2025-01-19T09:37:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T08:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/19\/cringing-before-the-tech-giants-is-no-way-to-make-britain-an-ai-superpower-john-naughton\/"},"modified":"2025-01-19T09:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T08:37:19","slug":"cringing-before-the-tech-giants-is-no-way-to-make-britain-an-ai-superpower-john-naughton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/19\/cringing-before-the-tech-giants-is-no-way-to-make-britain-an-ai-superpower-john-naughton\/","title":{"rendered":"Cringing before the tech giants is no way to make Britain an AI superpower | John Naughton"},"content":{"rendered":"

To realise his dream for economic growth, Keir Starmer must seize the reins of technological power<\/p>\n

Sir Keir Starmer doesn\u2019t do visions. But last Monday he broke the habit of a lifetime in a speech delivered at University College London<\/a>. It was about AI<\/a>, which he sees as \u201cthe defining opportunity of our generation\u201d. The UK, he declared \u201cis the nation of Babbage, Lovelace and Turing\u201d, not to mention the country \u201cthat gave birth to the modern computer and the world wide web. So mark my words \u2013 Britain will be one of the great AI superpowers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stirring stuff, eh. Within days of taking office, the PM had invited Matt Clifford, a smart tech bro from central casting, to think about \u201chow we seize the opportunities of AI\u201d. Clifford came up with a 50-point AI Opportunities Action Plan<\/a> that Starmer accepted in its entirety, saying that he would \u201cput the full weight of the British state\u201d behind it. He also appointed Clifford as his AI Opportunities Adviser<\/a> to oversee implementation of the plan and report directly to him. It\u2019s only a matter of time before the Sun<\/em> dubs him \u201cthe UK\u2019s AI tsar\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\nTo realise his dream for economic growth, Keir Starmer must seize the reins of technological power
\nSir Keir Starmer doesn\u2019t do visions. But last Monday he broke the habit of a lifetime in a speech delivered at University College London. It was about AI, which he sees as \u201cthe defining opportunity of our generation\u201d. The UK, he declared \u201cis the nation of Babbage, Lovelace and Turing\u201d, not to mention the country \u201cthat gave birth to the modern computer and the world wide web. So mark my words \u2013 Britain will be one of the great AI superpowers.\u201d
\nStirring stuff, eh. Within days of taking office, the PM had invited Matt Clifford, a smart tech bro from central casting, to think about \u201chow we seize the opportunities of AI\u201d. Clifford came up with a 50-point AI Opportunities Action Plan that Starmer accepted in its entirety, saying that he would \u201cput the full weight of the British state\u201d behind it. He also appointed Clifford as his AI Opportunities Adviser to oversee implementation of the plan and report directly to him. It\u2019s only a matter of time before the Sun dubs him \u201cthe UK\u2019s AI tsar\u201d. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To realise his dream for economic growth, Keir Starmer must seize the reins of technological power Sir Keir Starmer doesn\u2019t do visions. But last Monday he broke the habit of a lifetime in a speech delivered at University College London. It was about AI, which he sees as \u201cthe defining opportunity of our generation\u201d. The …<\/p>\n

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