UK to put ‘AI into veins of the nation’ under Sir Keir Starmer's new plans

Ministers have announced a huge public rollout of artificial intelligence in a plan for AI to be ‘mainlined into the veins’ of the nation, boosting growth and improving living standards.

Keir Starmer will launch an AI Opportunities Action Plan to unleash computing power across Britain, with promises of generating billions of pounds and thousands of jobs.

The plan, issued by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, plans a 20-fold increase public computing capacity by 2030, deploying AI to ‘transform the lives of working people’.

The Prime Minister said: "Artificial Intelligence will drive incredible change in our country. From teachers personalising lessons, to supporting small businesses with their record-keeping, to speeding up planning applications, it has the potential to transform the lives of working people.

"But the AI industry needs a government that is on their side, one that won’t sit back and let opportunities slip through its fingers. And in a world of fierce competition, we cannot stand by. We must move fast and take action to win the global race.

"Our plan will make Britain the world leader. It will give the industry the foundation it needs and will turbocharge the Plan for Change. That means more jobs and investment in the UK, more money in people’s pockets, and transformed public services. That’s the change this government is delivering."

The Prime Minister has said the AI race is “speeding up and we must continue to move fast”, in the Government’s response to the action plan. The PM is agreeing to take forward all 50 recommendations set out by Matt Clifford following his review last year.

This includes creating new AI ‘growth zones’, the first of which is set to be in Culham, Oxfordshire,