British PM Keir Starmer Will Explain Plans To Make Britain A World Leader In AI

JAKARTA British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will deliver his ambitious vision on Monday January 13, to make Britain a world leader in artificial intelligence (AI). He promised to create a special zone for data centers and encourage more graduates to major in technology.

Starmer will put AI at the heart of its ambition to improve the UK economy. The government claims that if this technology is fully adopted, productivity could increase by 1.5% per year, which is worth an additional 47 billion pounds (Rp930.1 trillion) annually for a decade.

Ahead of Starmer's speech in London on AI, the government announced it would adopt all 50 recommendations from the "AI Opportunity Action Plan" report compiled by venture capitalist Matt Clifford and submitted last year.

The plan includes measures such as accelerating data center construction permits and providing energy connections to them. The first data center will be built in Culham, Oxfordshire, which is also the UK Atomic Energy Authority's location.

"Our plan is to make Britain a world leader," Starmer said in a statement issued by the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology. This means more work and investment in the UK, as well as more money in people's pockets.

Countries around the world are competing to become AI development centers, while balancing the need for certain restrictions on this technology. Britain itself is currently the third largest AI market in the world after the US and China, based on indicators such as investment and patents according to Stanford University.

However, the Labor government's decision to set a budget with the highest tax increase rate since 1993 has reduced the confidence of some business people. The Bank of England expects last month that the UK economy will not grow in the last quarter.

In his speech, Starmer will emphasize that AI has great potential to change people's lives, including accelerating the planning consulting process, helping small businesses, and reducing administrative burdens for teachers so that they can focus more on teaching.

"In a world full of fierce competition, we can't just stand by," said Starmer. "We have to move quickly and take action."