Switch Brexit billions into AI to transform UK health and social care | Colin Cram

Switching £175m a week - half the Brexiteers’ promised savings - into technology could transform UK public services

The global race is on to develop artificial intelligence and it’s a race being led by China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan, according to the OECD, which says those four countries account for 70% of global AI development. China alone plans to spend £11.5bn to become the global leader in AI by 2030.

Other countries are also investing in AI. Last October, the United Arab Emirates became the first nation with a government minister dedicated to AI, while Singapore is working with private firms to encourage AI development, including the development by Singapore-based Marvelstone of a major AI hub, with funding for 100 start-ups

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AI has the potential to revolutionise public services, especially health and social care

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