Image credit: Shutterstock Mayor Dan Norris has welcomed a major speech from Prime Minister Keir Starmer this morning as part of the national Plan for Change, setting out a blueprint to unleash Artificial Intelligence (AI) to turbocharge growth and boost living standards.
Dan Norris, the Mayor of the West of England, said:
“The West of England is at the forefront of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolution. Pioneering research and innovation in our region are driving forward this exciting area of real opportunity.
“My Mayoral Combined Authority is backing the government’s ambitious agenda, with the right safeguards where we need them.
“Our regional growth plan has innovation and the spirit of Brunel at its heart. Isambard-AI, the UK’s most powerful supercomputer, is already operating here.
“The West of England can look forward to soon being a national AI Growth Zone, to continue to attract new investment and new jobs.”
This summer will see new AI Growth Zones established by the government. These are areas where planning approvals are expedited to build data centres, access to the energy grid is secured to power innovation, and further investment is secured from around the world.
Meanwhile, the Mayor is also encouraging creatives and tech developers to take part in an ongoing national consultation – keen to protect talented creatives while enabling AI innovation to flourish.
