With AI hype cooling, PM hopes the technology will boost his 'efficiency' mission
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You'd be forgiven for thinking your AI was hallucinating. The last government hastily convened an "AI safety summit" over fears AI could destroy civilisation. The latest has just announced a plan that "mainlines AI into the veins of this enterprising nation".
Read more: UK to 'mainline AI in the veins'. All that has really happened is the hype around AI has cooled - and with it have the comparisons to Terminator. Even the people making the largest, most powerful AIs seem to still be figuring out what they're good for.
The economic realities of training ever-larger AI models and paying for the hardware and energy to power them is another factor. UK to 'mainline AI in the veins' under new plans from Sir Keir Starmer. Artificial intelligence could help more women get pregnant via IVF.
Soldier who exploded Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump hotel 'used generative AI to plan attack'. To be fair to the previous government, it's main interest in AI was also potential for economic growth - but given the mood at the time, it had to be circumspect with language.
Not so for Keir Starmer. And, with an agenda geared more towards efficiency, public-sector improvement and stimulating UK industry, AI fits his mission well. Read more from science and technology:Jeff Bezos's New Glenn debut launch called offMPs to debate law to allow bereaved parents access to children's social mediaMillions of people's 'intimate' location data stolen in major hack.
