The UK government has unveiled a new so-called ‘sector deal’ for the artificial intelligence industry. Announced on 26 April, it follows sector deals dedicated to the life sciences, construction and automobile sectors. Under the deal, which will see £1 billion (€1.14 billion) invested in this promising and booming sector, robotics research and training will be improved, while an ethics centre will be created to avoid potential unintended consequences of the strategy.
More than 50 leading companies helped put together the sector deal, which forms part of the UK’s new industrial strategy (see articles n°10519 and n°10468). Of the £1 billion that is to be invested, at least £300 million (€344 million) has come from private companies looking to target the sector, the government specified. With the sector deal, the UK has set a target whereby artificial intelligence will account for 10% of the country’s GDP by 2030.
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