Today Matt Hancock set out how the Government plans to make our vision for AI a reality, by working with world-leaders in the field and putting in place the right rules, funding and frameworks for this new technology to flourish, as part of the Industrial Strategy.
Investing in AI is one of the Industrial Strategy's Four Grand Challenges.
From improving healthcare to helping prevent fraud, AI has the potential to transform how we live, work, travel and learn, helping to boost our economy.
AI tech is helping doctors diagnose cancers and other illnesses faster and more accurately, benefitting patients and saving the NHS money.
Speech recognition and translation apps means you can now go anywhere in the world and be understood, benefitting tourism across the world.
AI translation tech also brings financial savings and benefits to a range of other areas, from police services to healthcare.
AI is bringing benefits to transport through innovative approaches such as Trainline's app that uses AI to save passengers' money by analysing billions of transactions to predict cheaper tickets and travel times.
Innovate UK's Smart Cities project will use AI to reduce traffic jams and pollution.
AI is also central to our ambition for fully self-driving cars on UK roads by 2021.
AI is giving UK businesses a competitive edge through smarter automation. From the supply chain through to transport logistics, AI is helping to grow our economy by driving growth and opportunities for high tech and creative skills.
Read the AI Sector Deal in full on GOV.UK.
